Cowardice versus Courage

So much of the fake bravado on display by the neocons gets me in a state of high dudgeon.

The political squeamishness over even considering a draft in order to lessen the abuse of the National Guard and the reserve forces by the extensions of their Duty Tours and/or shortening their well deserved time at home, doesn't evidently faze those cowards in Congress and the executive branch.

Another angle on this, that I don't see given much attention, is the avoidance of instituting a draft results in most of those outrageous over-priced contract services being utilized. This is weakening our nation too by putting the cost of this conflict at a price that is very threatening to the economic and financial health for the country.

So who needs terrorists when the misguided decisions of this administration and its supporters are accomplishing the goals for them.

Civil defense is also dissolved by these policies. There is hardly a state that could muster enough Guard to handle another catastrophe like Rita or Kaatrins.

Will the country survive this administration? Stay tuned til January 2009 and find out. It will be a rough ride and even if a succeeding administration abandons the ideological radicalism of the present, the mess being inherited will take a couple of generations to shake out.

graysmoke