Iraq War veteran Jon Soltz introduced General Wes Clark last night at a New York City forum sponsored by Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century. The two of them have worked closely together on many projects, the most recent being an effort to stop a war with Iran before it starts.
But what struck me most in the former Captain Soltz' introduction, as reported by Bouldin at his Daily Gotham blog, was the description of this event:
[When Jon] came back from Iraq, he was approached by a veteran of World War II, asking to shake his hand. This veteran of an earlier war had in turn once shaken the hand of a veteran of the Civil War; and that man long before had once, when very young, shaken the hand of a man who had taken part in the American Revolution. That's an unbroken chain of patriots who fought for everything this country holds dear, going back to the founding. It is precisely this tradition of honorable service that is today being dragged through the mud by the cabal of draft-dodgers in the White House.
"An unbroken chain of patriots... dragged through the mud by a cabal of draft-dodgers. "
That's exactly right.
