The Cowardly Way - Fighting them there so as not to fight them here

Yesterday I was watching the news and they had some politician on who was running for office in Florida. He answered the question about Iraq by saying that we had to fight them there so that we would not be fighting them here. Aside from the asininity of the statement (think Madrid and London) it is a tremendously cowardly thing to say. As the women at the White House press briefing asked Mr. Snow -

"Did anyone ask the Iraqis if they wanted to be at the center of the war on terror?"

Remember that the terrorist were not in Iraq before we got there. So the politicians was basically saying that he does not care how many innocent Iraqis die to prevent any American deaths. I would definitely say that using innocent people as shields is a cowardly act. But that fits in with our new motto.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
The Republican Party - Fear everything

American Motto - Old - Land of the Free Home of the Brave
New - Land of the spied upon Home of the Chicken