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It shouldn't come as a great surprise that the upcoming midterm election is generating some interesting responses from critics on all sides of the political spectrum. Some U.S. military personnel stationed in Iraq entered the limelight today as they took a swipe at John Kerry's recent criticism of the Bush Administration's policy on the war.
From one perspective, this banner not only represents a form of free expression it is also a political attack advertisement that is sure to be picked up by Republicans as they seek to find further means to discredit Democrats.
It's curious that both military commanders and the media view the soldiers' message as more humor and less about politics. However, if people read behind the joke, the implications are far more serious.
It would be interesting to see how military command as well as the media would react if the soldiers were criticizing George Bush in this way instead of John Kerry. No joke.