"I would wager that many, if not most of the people who feel the need to "protest" love this land as much as you or I."
The above stament is true, but in your post you stereotyped protesters as commies. They could say the same of you, stating that you want a theocracy and a slave wage population. But that would not be true, no more than your portrayal of those who oppose this war. I protested the Kosovo war, proudly. I endured obnoxious marines yelling slurs at elderly Serbian men who fought in WW2 and a bunch of save Mumia commies asking me why I want to save Mumia. I opposed (but didn't protest) the first and second Iraq wars. I don't feel this nation should involve itself in wars where there's no national interest. That is not a liberal stance, it is a traditional conservative issue. I want the "free trade" agreements both parties support abolished. I want immigration stopped cold. I want liberals who don't tax and spend, and conservatives who don't borrow and spend. I want the national debt paid off. I don't want half the people to be living on $6.00 an hour without medical benefits, because I will have to pay their medical and subsidize their housing. I don't want religion in the schools, because lack of separation of church and state has been a disaster around the world. Likewise, enforced atheism has as well. I want reasonable environmental protections, and open space, and an abundant diversity of wildlife. I want civilized behavior in America, from all people.
Just because I oppose globalism, whatever it's form (both liberals and conservatives are globalists), doesn't mean I am a liberal or a conservative. I am an American, and proud that I have a choice in a "few" of the above mentioned issues. I would like a national referendum, and a viable third party who addresses the issues neither two establishment parties will.
And does your personal life style reflect all of the above? Just curious.