Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Politics / Woods Tuke's Long Walk
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Bob Tuke is walking across Tennessee. What an original idea! And he's wearing his combat boots. He's an ex-Marine. But how could you not know that? With nearly every breath he takes, he tells us that he was a Marine.
"This march also will demonstrate an important difference between Lamar Alexander and me," Tuke says in an email to supporters today. "My boots aren't a gimmick – they are the real thing, earned by military service in war. Our nation is fighting two wars now and we need at least one more senator who has fought in combat and understands the difficulty of ending a war with minimal casualties and maximum honor."
Personally, I'm tired of hearing Tuke talk about his military service. To some voters, it may matter as a sign of his willingness to sacrifice for his country. And that's fine. But it's wrong to claim, as Tuke is doing, that military service is a prerequisite to understanding foreign policy. If that were the case, then Barack Obama, whom Tuke supports, shouldn't be president.
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