The Workday Liberal

Check out this quote (hat tip Huffpo) by President Bush from a video conference he held with military and civilian officials in Afghanistan:

"I must say, I'm a little envious. If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed.

"It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger."

Oddly enough, when the time came for the gung ho patriotic democracy fighters of Bush's generation to answer the call for a romantic and exciting adventure, he somehow found a way to stay home. President Bush allowed some lucky draftee, who probably did not share Bush's sense of romance and adventure at spreading democracy, to take his place in the jungles of Vietnam. How tragic for the poor young man stuck in the air national guard defending Texas from the waves of Viet Cong which may have shown up at any time. I'm certain Bush was hoping and praying that the VC invasion would not hit Texas when he was AWOL or he would have been extremely sad for having missed that romantic adventure as well.

Operation Yellow Elephant should be able to use this quote to very good effect. What young, war loving, democracy spreading wing nut could possibly resist the clarion call to romantic combat given by their hero. Just think of the young Republicans of today in another 40 years... gazing with starry eyes over the battlefields of tomorrow and wishing like the dickens that they had joined the Army to fight in the Bush wars. President Bush is gently prodding these idealistic but reluctant keyboard freedom fighters to take advantage of the promise of their youth. Let these young Republicans replace the cheap suits and flag lapels with fatigues, lest they lose their chance at romance and adventure. The commander in chief beckons the flower of Republican youth to put down the attache case filled with the robotic talking points, and pick up a rifle while you still have a chance!

I'm quite certain that President Bush's sentiment in his old age will lead to wave upon wave of fighting age Republicans filling the ranks of our nation's military to capacity, lest they too find themselves considering what might have been. Just like we found WMD in Iraq, and the connections between Saddam and Al Qaeda have been well documented!