Celebrate!

As we gear up to fight the now-major campaign of the Long War in Afghanistan, I would like to celebrate the death of the term "chicken hawk." haven't heard it in several months, have you?

You remember the term, right? That all-purpose bat that anti-war types swung at anyone who supported the Iraq War but was not serving in uniform? The implication was that they were awfully pro-war for people not willing to enlist and fight. The charge was juvenile, avoiding all substance. But if was used a lot by our Left.

Now that a president with absolutely no military service history at all, backed by young supporters with absolutely no interest in enlisting in the military at all, is escalating a war in a distant land, you can be sure that our president and those loyal supporters will not be described as chicken hawks.

Rest assured, as far as I'm concerned, Afghanistan is America's war and not Obama's war. But this is going to be a tough ride for a lot of people on the left.

I wonder how long they last before they bail?