The Joel Stein Article...

Being a military guy, I 've been trying to wrap my brain around Joel Stein's "column" and his attitude concerning supporting the troops.  I am finding it very difficult to express my feelings on this without using language that would not be reflective of my education level, rank, position or maturity.

I cannot do it better than Hugh Hewitt did, when he had the smarmy little punk on his radio show, so I won't.  It is long, but worth the time it takes to read. 

Snapshot, tube 2.  Fire.

HH: You do honor military service?

JS: Yeah. No, I'm grateful for people that serve in the military.

HH: But you don't support our troops?

JS: I don't...I don't believe in supporting the troops in an action that you don't believe in.

HH: And so, that would be everything I've named thus far. So I guess...did you support and honor the troops in the Pentagon on 9/11?

JS: Sure, yeah.

HH: All right.

JS: All the troops that are here to defend our country, I'm very, very grateful for. I'm grateful for the police...

HH: Provided they don't leave the country?

JS: Yeah, provided they don't fight in wars that I think are endangering them for no reason. ...

... HH: And the people who've died in Afghanistan. Have they died in vain?

JS: Well, if they haven't, what have they accomplished?

HH: I'm asking you, Joel. You wrote the column. You tell me. Have they accomplished nothing?

JS: Well, um, do I think that I, as an American, are safer because of what they did?

HH: That wasn't what I asked. I askd did they accomplish anything in going to Afghanistan.

JS: If I were an Afghani, I would probably...if I lived in Kabul, I probably would think that they accomplished something, sure.

Read the whole thing.  Spectacularly done Mr. Hewitt, my hat is off to you.

At one time I thought I wanted my kids to go to Stanford.  If this any indication of the type of  people that attend stanford or the kind of education a person gets there, no way - no how.  Hillsdale is looking really good for my education dollars...

H/T to Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive.