You've got the wrong ...'iotic' there pal.

I didn't paste the whole sentence because the very last bit of it was so grammatically incorrect that it could be construed several different ways. Rather than go there I chose to challenge the hyperbole of your statement.

Your point, as dull as it is, is that anyone who has spoken out against the war does not support our soldiers. THAT IS PATENTLY FALSE!!

"For me it ends when our troops are committed to battle. What would you say to the parents whose children are fighting the war that disagreed with the foreign policy that led us to this point? "You don't support your child because you spoke out against the war"?"

Well...? What would you say to them? I suppose you would call them traitors and try to push them to the fringe as well?

..."if not for the outcry of the public during the Vietnam era, that war, now widely regarded as a mistake, would have lasted much longer. It could be argued successfully that those protesters did more to save the lives of soldiers than their government ever did. "

The government makes mistakes people, whether or not this decision is or isn't is neither here nor there until the fighting is over, this episode becomes history and the pundits of the future have a chance to sit down and Monday morning QB it.

What have you DONE to show your support? Given blood? Written letters to the troops? Watched TV?Or is posting blindly patriotic tripe the extent of your commitment to our men in uniform? Does merely having served constitute the entirety of your support? The truth is, I don't know, so it would be irresponsible of me to even attempt to characterize you, one way or the other. Much the same can be said of your poor effort at characterizing me...

My best friend from High school is over there. My coworkers are over there. Your characterization of me is so far off the mark as to be laughable. Try again, only this time use your brain instead of your heart.

(Edit: I would be cool with a moratorium on ALL political posting...but it would have to go both ways)