Yes, you can be a conscientious objector assuming you survive the paperwork but it's no guarantee you'll be out of harms way. Worse, if you join the military, taste war and suffer a moral breakdown your reward may be jailtime. Isn't War fun? Aren't you glad a complete Peacenik like Bush is in charge of our Military?

PBS had a special last night on Al Qaeda's New Front. One of the speakers mentioned that the Invasion of Iraq was the best thing that could've happened for bin Laden. It verified everything that he had spewed about America for the past 10 years: the desire for oil, the lack of respect for Islam, the lust for a presence in the Middle East. The invasian strengthened Al Qaeda by acting as a beacon for recruitment. Iraq, if anything, has become a school for terrorism.

In the same special it mentioned that the invasion of Afghanistan crippled Al Qaeda and put bin Laden into hiding. In short - it was effective to go after bin Laden. BUT BUSH DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB!!!

Remember that as the American death toll in Iraq exceeds 1,400.