The opposition will not win like this. I hope you understand my opposition to your posts. I really respect many of the things you have to say and have really appreciated your posts in the past (read: The Clinton Past). But I disagree with you on this. Please don't take it personal- in the future, we may wind up allies on a topic. But on this topic, I feel you are altogether wrong and since you are a poster that carries much weight, I will oppose you whenever you are a proponent to this attitude.
The war in Iraq was the right thing to do. That is my two cents. I know it disagrees with your two cents and that is precisely why I posted it.
As a practical matter we are considered infidels by a religion that commands adherants to initiate war against those who do not believe in it. This has been established by posts documenting it here. We are also occupying a country where a significant peoportion of the population are what we refer to as terrorists. There is no way to determine who is who. It is easy for someone to sit off 500 yards with a silenced rifle and pick off our people one at a time daily. Who are we to hit in return? If we manage to find one of the snipers, he is apt to believe being killed is an act applauded by Allah. That is the way for our enemies to fight this war to drive us out. It would be wise for the opposition to train hundreds of such people and fight smart.