C-SPAN is carrying a recent conference of the British Labour Party, with Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth cheer-leading the attending slugs to support the war against the Afghans. I will acknowledge the sincerity of these war-whoopers when I see them marching, en masse, from the auditorium to the local army recruitment office to enlist for assignment to the territory where the deadliest fighting is taking place.

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