Sheehan strikes a chord

[davidinalameda]

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oped/ci_2951987

IN WAR and politics, military families have more friends and fewer advocates than other Americans.
The military families' contributions to the Iraq war are regularly celebrated by President Bush and the Republican Party as advancing the cause of freedom.

Meanwhile, the soldiers' deprivations are highlighted by the Democratic Party as signs of the Defense Department's poor management of the war — the lack of armor, the need for more troops, and so on.