Der Parson's rant

I found this quote on Doonsbury.com
"The president must issue a personal call for young Americans to volunteer to fight in the decisive conflict of this generation." -- surge strategy co-architect Frederick Kagan

I tried to search for more info on were this quote came from but couldn't find anything. Based on just that quote I have to say "who is this guy trying to kid?". I just can't imagine Bush inspiring that kind of patriotism in anyone. It's not like the Japanese just bombed Pearl Harbor on something.

I just watched some clips of the Bush speech, the 'ol "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me." trick. You know, I use this trick at work sometimes when something gets messed up and I just want to move on to something else.

Another thing I seen, is the new "plan" is to have the US troops live in neighborhoods with the Iraqis they protect. How insane is this? Instead of being in a secure FOB with check points and barriers to keep someone from driving a car bomb in and killing everyone. Now your putting these guys right out in the street. It's going to be easy for the insurgents to target American troops now. I just don't see this as a good idea.