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"But feel free to harmonize with them."

That's the last thing i'd do and you know it.

All I'm saying is, don't encourage them by engaging in pointless squabbles.

We have a President to re-elect, in the middle of a World War. His removal will herald a retreat, followed by our loss of it.

We're not helping ourselves by attacking and sniping at each other, or by using these stupid labels like "Neo-Con, or "Paleo-Con".

[CWOJackson]

Unfortunately, if you look at some of these anti-war threads, some folks, mostly newer members, actually start falling for the anti-war line. Not only that, but too often these threads are full of lies to boot. For instance, the Zinni worship threads...where they are using Zinni as a legitimate military authority to support their arguments.

Are you aware of Zinni's opposition to attack the people responsible for the USS Cole? Are you aware of the commercial deal he later brokered as a civilian with the government he had protected following the USS Cole attack?

If not I can provide you with the data.

It outrages me that these people, despite having been informed of the truth involving Zinni, even today have posted threads using him as an argument.

As for sniping and attacking "each other", most of the self proclaimed "true conservatives" are already avowed third party voters...but the lurkers may not be.

[churchillbuff]

You're talking to CWOJackson as one of "us," as if you assume he's a conservative. All he's revealed is that he's for the war in Iraq. That doesn't necessarily mean he's a conservative, because Dick Gephart and, indeed, John Kerry also supported the invasion, and neither favor withdrawal. So Iraq is not a liberal/conservative litmus test; there are supporters of the invasion from both camps.

So how can we assume Jackson's conservative? He refuses to say where he stands on any domestic issue - taxes, abortion, "gay marriage," quotas, environmental regulation. Just because he's pro-Iraq-war is no reason to assume he's not a moderate Democrat or an unaffiliated voter who leans to the left on most issues.