". . . and to wonder at why the neocons and their fellow travelers (who have never shouldered a weapon, as he points out) are not now smoldering on the ashheap of history."

Chris (where am I?) Matthews joins the peace corps and then talks about those who have never "shouldered a weapon?"

Well, fellow-travelers over here have been shouldering weapons from Normany, Belgium, Berlin, Guadacanal, Korea, Vietnam, and the first Gulf War. If Matthews is what passes for street-smart and an egghead among liberals he is going to go begging looking for ideas among his admirers.

Good luck, egghead! And nobody hold their breath!