Politicians With Children In Iraq
Remember that scene from Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 where Michael and a soldier accost politicians in Washington D.C. and asked them to send their children to Iraq? Most of us recognized that rhetorical masquerade for what it was. Obviously, no person can sign their adult children up for the military.
But the impression Moore gave in the movie was that no lawmakers have children serving in Iraq. That's just not true. It turns out that no less than five federal legislators (four Republicans and a Democrat) have children currently serving in Iraq. The article doesn't mention if any legislators have children enrolled in the military but perhaps deployed to other places in the world, but even if these five soldiers represent all children of legislators in the military its actually fairly even, percentage wise, with the number of families in the general population who have children deployed.
So, in essence, Michael Moore misrepresented the facts. Which isn't all that surprising at all.
But the impression Moore gave in the movie was that no lawmakers have children serving in Iraq. That's just not true. It turns out that no less than five federal legislators (four Republicans and a Democrat) have children currently serving in Iraq. The article doesn't mention if any legislators have children enrolled in the military but perhaps deployed to other places in the world, but even if these five soldiers represent all children of legislators in the military its actually fairly even, percentage wise, with the number of families in the general population who have children deployed.
So, in essence, Michael Moore misrepresented the facts. Which isn't all that surprising at all.
