Week after week I attend the Tuesday night gathering of the Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally, and you'd think occasionally some attractive, thirty-somethingish woman looking for a smart, funny guy with proof-of-concept in the parenting department might sidle up to the bar and start hitting on me... but no. I gotta say, blogging is a lousy way to meet women. On the other hand, it's apparently a great way to meet four-star generals.
There I was the other night, pint of Manny's in hand, plotting mischief with a couple of politicos, when who should walk up to us but Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander -- and I gotta say, perhaps the most energetically outspoken politician I've ever met. Within seconds we're talking Iran, and Gen. Clark didn't mince words. President Bush is preparing to take us to war with Iran, and the Democratic Congress, Clark warned, is unprepared to stop him.
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