Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
Ask Ted Kennedy.


Give him a chance Don- he's still relatively new to the national scene.

He's already said that American soldiers have been wasting their lives in Iraq. That's his opinion, and he's entitled to it- but the moment someone calls him out on the comment he backs away from it and apologizes. I mean which is it?
Have you got a direct quote on that Xiahou? The reason I ask is that two statements that are very much alike would have very different meanings. In this case, I mean the difference between:

"American soldiers are wasting their lives in Iraq."

and

"American soldiers' lives are being wasted in Iraq."

The former is unfair and untrue, but the latter I agree with without reservation.