The United States Army fought enemies of our country in the South in the 1860s, and the United States Army is doing so in Iraq now. What the Confederacy and Saddam's Iraq had in common were they were both avowed enemies of my beloved country, the United States of America.
How many Southerners are in the United States armed forces today? How many supported our country in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf-I, Gulf-II?
You besmirch the honor and integrity of Americans, both North and South, in denigrating Civil War veterans. Be it so far from you to acknowledge the good things about the Confederacy, the contributions made by Southerners past and present to our great Republic?
Throwing barbs like the "Confederate/Iraqi" out and failing to support them is spineless and frankly sir, I expected more.