What a surprise that they'd take the low road

Once Iraq inevitably is recognized as a solid failure all around you know these jokers already have their speeches prepared to blame us liberals for losing the war we advised them not to fight in the first place.

But until then, this is a tune up.

Several Senate Republicans denounced other lawmakers and the news media on Thursday for unfavorable depictions of the Iraq war and the Pentagon urged members of Congress to talk up military service to help ease a recruiting shortfall.

Families are discouraging young men and women from enlisting "because of all the negative media that's out there," Sen. James Inhofe (news, bio, voting record), an Oklahoma Republican, said at a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Inhofe also said that other senators' criticism of the war contributed to the propaganda of U.S. enemies. He did not name the senators [...]

"With the deluge of negative news that we get daily, it's just amazing to me that anybody would want to sign up," said Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican.

I see that KOS and John Cole also wrote about this. Most particularly KOS provided us with these portraits of the Roberts family and the tragically fruitful Inhofe family, none of whom apparently have answered the call:


The Roberts Family


The Inhofe Family

I think both of these finger pointers should be asked about whether they want their kids to enlist to join this "noble" fight or whether its up to other families to spill their blood, while they collect the treasure?

Couldn't they at least go over there to paint the schools?