This summer France began to lose a few of its young men in Afghanistan.  The question could be raised -- as it was for George W. Bush -- as to the military service which was done by President Sarkozy in his youth or by his adult son who recently made his political début.

They are called "chicken hawks", these politicians who would send the sons of others while they themselves have never served. 

So I have a choice.  I can vote for a hawk like McCain who has been seasoned by his direct experience of war.  Or I can vote for a chicken hawk like Obama who expediently established a following on the basis of a bogus speech for peace.  Or I can vote for a  pacifist like McKinney who has no chance to win in this election but who can rescue the movement for change.