A college anti-war activist who also happens to be a Marine has been deployed to Iraq. He intends to go, despite his objections to the war. This caused the local college Republican leader — who has not enlisted to fight in the war he advocates — to criticize the Marine for honoring his commitment.

Daniel Schuberth, a leader of the Bowdoin College Republicans and College Republican national secretary, said, “I applaud Mr. Houx for his service, just as I applaud any other soldier who is brave enough to take up arms in defense of his country. I find it troubling, however, that one of the most vocal opponents of our president, our country and our mission in Iraq has chosen to fight for a cause he claims is wrong. Mr. Houx’s rhetoric against the war on terror places him in agreement with the most radical fringes of the Democratic Party, and I am left to question his logic and motivation.”

How brave of you, Daniel Schuberth, to attack the patriotism of a soldier who’s actually headed to the battlefield to fight the war you nobly fight from your dorm room.

More College Republican chickenhawk schmuckery here.

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