I really try to avoid politics on my blog, but this just got under my skin.

You can't go around saying that you "support the troops" then compare them to Nazis.

Now, imagine a Dutch schoolboy in 1945 greeting a Yank "occupier". That's more in line with how soldiers see themselves, and that is how I see those who are in the sandbox today. I have a helluva lot more respect for the 19 year old PFC who volunteered to serve in Iraq than I do for the kids at UW-Madison who think that their opinion is actually worth something.

This is a good example of why my opinion of Madison has been in a constant state of decline since moving to Wisconin 5 years ago. Strange, then, that my next stop will be Ithaca, NY.

Hat tip to BlackFive.

--Chris