I can see what hes trying to say to students who are likely to be very very scared by the idea of fighting in Iraq to work harder "or else" he just got it completely wrong

I dont think he was deliberately insulting to the military, just criminally unthinking - he is of that particular mindset who belive that the army is a bunch of unthinking losers (not true), but very hard for him to cover up - as an extremely intelligent politician (yes, politicians are intelligent) it must be very hard for him to think of someone who doesnt do well in school as a living person.


I belive if one takes more time reading over this sentence, one may see that it deos not in-fact state that only idiots are serving in the armed forces of the United States of America. He has simply said that if you do not work hard or get smart you will end up in Iraq, he did not say, people who get smart and work hard are not the ones that get stuck in Iraq. Did he? I belive he is telling students (quite rightly) to work hard, or they will end up in a job that they do not wan't. Where as people who do work hard, have more options, and if they do end up in Iraq it they are not stuck there, for they are proud to be there. He has not denied that educated and smart people do join the armed forces.
I think i agree with this, he didnt mean to sounds so derogatry, but the way he says it is entirely wrong, apology needed.
(but if he apologises i hope everyone leaves it alone, one of the reasons politicians dont like apologising is because the media just carry on after they've admitted their mistake.)