He's dissing the troops. He said specifically that, in his view, the U.S. is the bad guy, that we're bombing innocent civilians in Afghanistan, and so on. That's dissing the troops.
Listen, we have the LOTR movies on DVD, we went to see the movies, etc. etc. They made a lot of money from us. Now they're each using their fame to promote their political views. And it's important for everyone here to know that.
They were doing that when the movies first came out, when we had begun fighting back against the Taliban and were talking about going against Hussein. Most of their ire was aimed at President Bush and his administration for making the decisions. Soldiers don't go into wars on their own, they have to wait for the decision of the Commander in Chief.
I haven't seen much from Viggo or Peter lately, about the war.