Regular correspondent James, a veteran who has lost friends in Iraq, responds to the faux-patriot brand of e-mail I discussed two posts below.

Tell your "patriot" he/she may feel free to head on down to their local recruiter's office, raise his/her right hand, and repeat the nice words the man in green is saying. After they do that, and serve out their first enlistment, they can then start questioning the patriotism of others... hopefully by that point they'll realize the difference between the nation (as embodied in the Constitution) and the Presidency (because he was probably one of those ninnies quite happy to tear down Clinton when the man inhabited the Oval Office)... As I've said before, you want to help a soldier, save the $3.99 [for a "Support Our Troops" ribbon] for a letter to your Congressman asking why they still don't have battle armor. The people who are wearing the uniform as we speak _should be_ wearing it so the average American doesn't have to fight, so the "would you do the same" is pointless posturing (did you ask the guy if he had a flight suit at home too?).

Well-put, methinks.