I like Ken Parker's quote so much that I'm going to use
it for my signature for a while:


I am in favor of any war in which the commander in chief, the vice president, the secretary of defense...will personally lead the troops onto the field of battle with their sons and daughters in the second rank. --- Ken Parker

Two points:

1. Mr. Parker's statement that "Cheney and Rumsfeld never served a day in the military" is incorrect as to Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld served as a a Naval officer, 1954-57, reaching the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) and becoming a naval aviator. Mr. Parker should check his facts.

2. It is true that Cheney never served in the military. Neither did Polk or FDR, to name two fairly successful war presidents. Neither did Jefferson (president during the Tripolitan War, 1801-05). Lincoln served, sort of (he was a captain of militia in the Black Hawk War for about a month), but never saw combat. Bill Cohen, SecDef during the Kosovo War, didn't serve either. So what was Mr. Parker's point again?

I've translated the following paragraph from the German magazine "Deutsche Nachrichten":

“The researcher compiled information from polls conducted in over 100 countries* around the world ranging from two days to two weeks prior to the ‘target of opportunity’ strike. The results estimate that 92.4% of the world’s population is against a war against Iraq without a U.N. resolution authorizing such an attack. Surprisingly, 61.2% are opposed even with such a resolution.”

*Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan The Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Seri Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Chile China Colombia Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Gabon The Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Lumpur Male Bamko Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia) Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Quote : "I am in favor of any war in which the commander in chief, the vice president, the secretary of defense...will personally lead the troops onto the field of battle with their sons and daughters in the second rank. --- Ken Parker"

Check out the President Bush Fett leading the N'Sync warrior clones. If you click the image it enlarges,
http://www.code7r.org/inquiz/0402/starwars1.htm

Here are some Bush cartoons on Iraq,
http://www.code7r.org/Bintoons/bush01.htm

There are bunch more on the main index,
http://www.code7r.org/Bintoons/bt1.htm

Gale