Liberal Stance: Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of People

Liberal Stance

But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." --John F. Kennedy

August 12, 2005

Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of People

They support the war in Iraq only to a point.

Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, 26, a Marine recruiter in Pittsburgh, went to the home of a high school student who had expressed interest in joining the Marine Reserve to talk to his parents.

It was a large home in a well-to-do suburb north of the city. Two American flags adorned the yard. The prospect's mom greeted him wearing an American flag T-shirt.

"I want you to know we support you," she gushed.

Rivera soon reached the limits of her support.

"Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of people," she told him.

Personally, I would not blame the parents. But, this is very common they are willing to support the war by waving American flags and with rhetoric; not so willing to support the war with their own son.

(Hat Tip to Eschaton)

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August 12, 2005

Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of People

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