George Allen Attacks Marine Corps

I'm sure you've heard that Sen. George Allen (R-VA)--who, according to Maureen Dowd, is now known in Washington as Macacawitz--has been attacking Jim Webb for certain passages in some of his novels. Turns out that one of them, Fields of Fire is required reading for Marine corporals and sergeants. The website of the Marine Corps Professional Reading Program calls the book, "The classic novel of the Vietnam War."

The book is also on the Commandant's official reading list.

Of course, Sen. Macacawitz, who is one of the great fakes of our time, wouldn't know anything about that, any more than he would know anything about what it is like to serve in a combat zone or, for that matter, in the military.