Considering that the link you posted appeared to be a story about Jackson willing to volunteer for something it's not a dodge to ask if he actually did. I don't know why Ronald Reagen used Jesse Jackson for this type of stuff but maybe he's actually good at it? Considering the government also pipes in Rush's show to the troops I'm not sure you've got much of a difference. For the record I would be fine with sending Rush to Syria.
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Fair play!