Fred Wraps Himself Up in the Red, White And Blue

Yesterday, or maybe the day before, Fred Thompson said, “you look back over our history, and it doesn’t take you long to realize that our people have shed more blood for other people’s liberty than any other combination of nations in the history of the world.”

This sounds like something from a Kiwanis Club Essay Contest. I like how Fred just seamlessly assumes that ou military engagements are somehow altruistically minded. There are perhaps a number of Vietnamese, Cambodians, Nicaraguans, El Salvadorians,Mexicans, and Iraqis who would beg to differ, but Fred is more of a "Big Picture" kind of guy.

I am sure, however, that somewhere there is someone who heard this and said, "you tell 'em Fred..." While you may be tempted to get angry with that person, I always remember what Kurt Vonnegut said, "Now that's innocence..."