> Lee,
>
> > Except the latter is worse, in my opinion, because unlike the
government,
> > the population now knows - by her own admission - that she was a coward
of
> > the highest (or rather, lowest) order.
>
> >Not even close.  Those that chose to hide rather than go in the first
place
> >hold that honor.
>
> "Chose to hide", indeed. So we agree, then ?

I'm not competent to judge the bravery or cowardice of those who went to
Iraq.  I've never been to war.  Nobody has ever tried to kill me.  On a
personal level, I can't know how I, or anybody else with a background like
mine would react.  Unless you, or anybody else with an opinion on this has
experienced war, I would suggest that they are no more competent to judge
those that were there than I am.  Those that I think may have experienced
war, seem conspicuously quiet on this issue.  When they chose to contribute,
I'll listen a lot more closely.

My personal opinion is that every person that went to Iraq deserves credit
for making the trip.  That includes Jessica, no matter what she did or did
not do when she got there.  I neither blame her, nor credit her for the
media hype which has long since been proven to be inaccurate.

Lee