Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Veterans day to my dad, who served in Viet Nam; my best friend K. (you know who you are), who was a Marine in the first Gulf War; and B.N. who is currently serving in Iraq and who will probably be home for Christmas!

You guys rock, and I thank you for your service to our nation. Heroes, all of you.

Dubya is going to give a speech today in honor of our veterans, but according to this story he'll also spank the Democrats a bit for their criticism of his reasons for going to war in the first place. Which of course they've been doing since 2002. Even though the vast majority signed off on the resolution to go to war. This same vast majority agreed that Saddam had WMDs. Oh, you've heard it a thousand times. Hear it one more time - here's Dubya's speech in which he lays out the rationale for going to war in 2002.

We are now acting because the risks of inaction would be far greater. In one year, or five years, the power of Iraq to inflict harm on all free nations would be multiplied many times over. With these capabilities, Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies could choose the moment of deadly conflict when they are strongest. We choose to meet that threat now, where it arises, before it can appear suddenly in our skies and cities.

Yep, seems pretty clear to me.

But then again, not being a liberal means I have functioning powers of reason and deduction...

That's all for today.
Now go hug a veteran.
:)