a test

Let's say we line up, oh, hell, a couple hundred thousand American soldiers, fine men and women in combat uniform, officers, non-coms, grunts, and we put them on TV. Then George W. Bush walks in with a loaded Glock. Now let's say that the President puts the gun to the temple of the first soldier and says, "If I shoot this Army private dead, there's a chance America will be victorious and democracy will bring peace to Iraq. Do you want me to do it?" There's no guarantees, though--just the chance. What would you say?

Who else but The Rude Pundit could explain the Iraq war in so stark a fashion? Too bad no one who supports the war has the guts to take this test.

Cross-posted at Waffle Ass.