Take a look at post #16.
Look, if you won't take my word for it, do some research. The guy has been trending left for a number of years now. There are many Reaganites who question whether he was ever truly a conservative.
I'm not going to name names but there are many bonafide movement conservatives (those who were there at the revolution)who are absolutely sick over who and what he has become.
The first big indication that he was moving left came in 1994 when he endorsed Chuck Robb over Oliver North. Yes, there was some bad blood between him and Ollie. However, he started keeping different company then at that time.
Webb has done more than critique Iraq. He was opposed to the entire operation -- and for that matter -- no longer seems to support any application of force. It's one thing to critique Iraq by stating that greater force must be applied but entirely something different to state that force should have never been applied.
Why? I agree with General Odom, Reagan's NSA director, who has stated the attack on Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder in American history. It's hard for me to see how the United States has benefited from pouring tens of thousands of men and hundreds of billions of dollars into a country that did not threaten us, and that is well on its way to voting itself into an Islamic republic, as a result of our insane plan to bring democracy to the Middle East.