Questioning Bush's Sacrifice for a 'Noble Cause: Buzzflash question

[NVMojo]

Thursday, September 1, 2005; 10:18 AM

The ongoing saga of the Cindy Sheehan show has raised the specter of service and sacrifice and what it means to give to a "noble cause."

"We have lost 1,864 members of our armed forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 223 in Operation Enduring Freedom," President Bush told a group of veterans in Salt Lake City earlier this month, referring to the fallen troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Each of these men and women left grieving families and loved ones back home.

"We owe them something.... We will finish the task that they gave their lives for. We will honor their sacrifice by staying on the offensive against the terrorists, and building strong allies in Afghanistan and Iraq that will help us ... fight and win the war on terror."

Increasingly, though, some critics are asking who serves and whether the pain is being shared equally.

This week, the liberal Web site buzzflash.com noted in an unsigned editorial that "not one -- not one -- of any of Bush's children or his nieces and nephews have volunteered for service in any branch of the military or volunteered to serve in any capacity in Iraq. Not one of them has felt the cause was noble enough to put his or her life on the line."

more...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090100786_pf.html

[CJCRANE]

1. The 'noble cause'

is installing a Shia-dominated Islamic Govt in Iraq.

I bet Bush's Christian Fundamentalist supporters sure feel proud of themselves, especially since they've removed a secular govt that gave freedom of worship to all religions and which lived in harmony with the Christians in Iraq (including having a Christian in the cabinet).

Good job!

[PsN2Wind]

2. Give them a break

The cause was almost but not quite noble enough for them to join in the effort. As Maxwell Smart would say "Missed it by that much".