Super Bowl parade? What about a parade for Iraq vets?  It's a
pretty simple question on the eve of Super Bowl XLVI weekend:
"If the Giants and Patriots Deserve a Super Bowl Parade, Don't
Iraq Vets?"  That's the query posed by a new online petition
posted at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, which
describes itself as the nation's first and largest nonprofit,
nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Last check, the petition had almost 9,000
supporters and counting and their Facebook page championing the
campaign has 333,271 "likes."  But expect those petition numbers
to jump. After getting some high-profile support on both sides
of the political aisle, it's doubled in the last 12 hours alone.
MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" gave the cause a shout-out, and
it was featured Friday morning on  RELATED: Actor Gary Sinise
challenges you to buy coffee for a soldier  You might be
wondering why this is even an issue -- why don't the vets just
get a parade? Well, it's complicate