Food for thought

Iraq is a mess but there's still a "war against terrorism," and the Islamic extremists out to destroy the west. But who is fighting it?

clipped from minstrelboy.blogspot.com Analysis: Frustrated with 'patriotism lite' "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration's rallying call that America is a nation at war is increasingly ringing hollow to men and women in uniform, who argue in frustration that America is not a nation at war but a nation with only its military at war. From bases in Iraq and across the United States, officers and enlisted personnel quietly raise a question for political leaders: If America is truly on a war footing, why is so little sacrifice asked of the nation at large? 'Nobody in America is asked to sacrifice except us,' said one officer just back from a yearlong tour in Iraq.