A Mid-Winter's Nightmare

All is fair in love and war.
But is it?
As a society, we chastise those whose opinions differ.
We rally for what we believe will bring change.
And we dare to berate women who are childless.
Well, one woman did. One Barbara Boxer.
A democratic junior senator from California, Boxer said when debating with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq, "Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young."
Then came the left hook: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families."
Fox New’s Tony Snow said it best: “Great leap backward for feminism."
Apparently, Boxer thought this would help Rice see the impact of this war on military families, as if Rice has been shielded from reality. Boxer apparently doesn’t realize she stepped into a ring with a pro, a woman who has spent countless hours with our troops and military families. You can’t play mind games with a someone with this kind of intelligence.
After this bout, Boxer was asked if she regretted her comments and she replied that she was saying that the two are in the same position because neither will pay a personal price for the proposed escalation in Iraq.
Personal price? There certainly is a lot more on the line in this war with issues that are not exclusive to those who have children directly fighting this war.
It’s very hip to be anti-war right now, but I’m with Senator John McCain who said, “I’d rather lose a campaign than lose a war.”