Whats More Important to Honor our Military: Better Leadership or Another Sunday Speech?
Senator Obama has come under fire from William Kristol and others for not mentioning military service at Wesleyan. Frank Shaeffer has blogged about this issue and has rightly noted the importance of progressives honoring the military http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/william-kristols-hypocris_b_104674.html Of course, Senator Obama should have noted military service in his Wesleyan commencement address last Sunday. He has praised the bravery and sacrifice of the men and women of our armed forces on many occasions to many different audiences. This was an oversight noticed by many of us who support the Senator. William Kristol, in his desire to paint Democrats on an “elite northeastern college campus” as anti-military, wants to make more of it. Kristol comments: “Obama failed to challenge–even gently–what he must have assumed would be the prejudices of most of his audience.” Whatever Kristol means, he is fighting a culture war that ended many years ago. I know dozens of Obam
