no higher calling?

no higher calling than shooting people, blowing them up, torturing them, destroying their buildings and their civilian infrastructure? all for a stinking pack of lies? who does bush think he's fooling? if it's such a noble cause, then why doesn't he send his own children to die for it? surely, it's a much higher calling than being a doctor, a teacher, a scientist or an engineer. not to mention a politician, a TV commentator, or a corporate lobbyist.

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Some military leaders privately argue the recruiting challenge is too big for the Army to fix on its own. They have privately asked President Bush to help.

The president did make one appeal in a primetime address in June.

"There is no higher calling than service in our armed forces," Bush said.
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