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I do not think you are misunderstanding me. And I care about the Truth, not whether it is a convienient time to face the Truth. I have found Truth often has a way of being inconvienient when one is on the wrong path.

There is a massive difference between my position and that of Ms. Fonda. We effected regime change in Iraq. The war is over, except for occupation matters. You can be sure I did not noise my concerns when the shooting started, I waved the flag like everyone else despite nagging doubts.

Now this President seems to be keeping us in an ongoing low-intensity conflict. If I am unpatriotic to question the administration "during a time of war" then I guess none of us will ever be able to question them again. They will just keep us at war all the time.

Much good has come from the war for the people of Iraq, if they have the strength of character to treat each other justly. In that sense the blood and treasure was not squanderd, but in terms of using blood and treasure judiciously for the benefit of our national interests I think we could have done better to keep our powder dry. We don't have $200 billion and 500 lives for every bad guy on earth, we have to save them for bad guys who are really hurting us.

Thank you for your reply. Here's the Wikipedia link on the history of the U.S. Declarations of War that might serve the discussion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarations_of_war_in_the_United_States

"They will just keep us at war all the time."

It's the terrorists who will keep us at war all the time. The world changed on 9/11 and it will never be the same. Place the blame where it belongs -- not on Bush, who thankfully, didn't decide to keep his powder dry.

Extra-ordinary wars demand extra-ordinary solutions.