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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R. -- Ky.), supporting the troops:
- Nobody is happy about losing lives but remember these are not draftees, these are full-time professional soldiers.
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did he say anything right before and right after that put it in context at all?
and what he is saying is a valid response to the Ds arguments painting the troops as innocents being thrown to the slaughter. They knew there is a war and they enlisted, and the arguments about Bush callously sending them off ignore that knowledge.
That isn't to say it is not sad when they die. Perhaps it is more sad. But McConnell was answering the Ds little arguments.
