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The Democrats have no loyalty to America. Compare their harsh and vindictive opposition to the war in Iraq to the calm and measured questioning, done by the Republicans, of the demo-war-in-Kosovo.

Liberals AND conservatives engage in these types of verbal attacks.

“This has been an unmitigated disaster ... Ask the Chinese embassy. Ask all the people in Belgrade that we've killed. Ask the refugees that we've killed. Ask the people in nursing homes. Ask the people in hospitals.” (Rep. Joe Scarborough on June 8, 1999)

“I think this policy is nuts." (Bill Bennett on April 4, 1999)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?” (Sean Hannity on April 6, 1999)

“These international war criminals were led by Gen. Wesley Clark ... who clicked his shiny heels for the commander-in-grief, Bill Clinton." (Michael Savage on November 11, 1999)

Liberals AND conservatives engage in these types of verbal attacks

In post 56, you want to compare kosovo to iraq and how liberal rhetoric is comparable to conservative rhetoric.

So why did we go to kosovo ? Why did we go to iraq ?

In kosovo, we were told that there was mass graves and ethnic cleansing and this war could spread to Europe like WWI did. The reality is there was no mass graves, war was not going to spread to Europe and yes albanians were being put on trains and shipped out of the country.

In Iraq, Hussein possessed WMD at one time and used them against his own people and was working on a nuclear program at one time. The UN inspectors destroyed most of this stuff. Then in 1998, Hussein kicked the inspectors out and could have restarted his WMD program at anytime. Further, he also had enough oil money to keep him or his sons in power and WMD programs going. Hussein was bankrolling the suicide bombers in Israel. Hussein tried to kill a US president. Further, there are mass graves in Iraq. Most importantly, Iraq is post 9-11 while kosovo is pre 9-11. Preemption was not an acceptable policy in 1998 while it is acceptable post 9-11. Exactly what we were trying to preempt in kosovo still escapes me anyway.

You are quoting conservative talk show hosts who opposed the Kosovo war, not Repbulican members of Congress. I was talking about Repbublican members of Congress. They were against the Kosovo war but they remained very civil. As opposed to Kennedy, Gephart, Pelosi and others who are calling Bush a LIAR simply because they disagree with his policy.

It's a difference of kind, not of degree.