[okie01]

I wasn't thinking about the Left. I was thinking about Colin Powell, and gcochran (who used to post here), and Murtha, and many others like them. People who think that attacking Iraq was a mistake and continuing to stay there an even bigger mistake.

Those people of good faith who hold reservations about Iraq are now being used by the left.

The politicization of the war is complete. The anti-war crowd has been subsumed into the anti-American crowd. The Democrats should be proud...

I did not favor the Kosovo adventure. But once that battle was joined, I wanted our forces win. But, in Iraq, for their political reasons, the Democrats clearly want us to lose. The bloodier, the better...

[liberallarry]

Those people of good faith who hold reservations about Iraq are now being used by the left.

Yes, things like that always happen. But the people of good faith are not fools, fellow travelers, or useful idiots. Not this time.

Open and public discussion of difficult issues during difficult times is our way. It has its down-side as you point out. But I continue to have faith in it...and we've all noticed that modern communications have much reduced the power of the liberal media elite so that all voices are heard. Democracy is messy and contentious but - so far - has proven to be better than all competing systems.

[liberallarry]

The politicization of the war is complete.

I wish I knew more about WWII. I remember a united public and no defeatism - but that's a kid's memory. Every war we've fought since then and all previous wars I've read about were accompanied by very public opposition.

How did Roosevelt do it? Or are my perceptions simply wrong?