[colorado tanker]

Nice post to reflect on as we prepare for Independence Day celebrations.

It's also interesting to reflect on the fact that Lincoln had to fight the war with the Copperhead Democrats constantly trying to undercut the war effort, just as the Democrats are doing today. A majority backed Lincoln then, despite horrific casualties, but will a majority back President Bush despite a couple of thousand casualties? (I do not mean to diminish the terrible sacrifice of our fallen heroes, but the denizens of these threads know how unusually light our casualties have been from a historical perspective.)

[snippy_about_it]

I don't think it is the casualty count that is causing the problem with the right. I think what some of us (me included) would like to see is a harder stance taken. This war is too PC for me. As an example, I would have preferred we flattened Fallujah the first time.