No, I think Franks was a wonderful commander. He performed superbly in both Afganistan and Iraq. As a matter of fact, I don't believe there is a single post on this board vilifying Franks and his role in Iraq.

Probably my only beef with him is when replying to the President (sic) after being asked what he thought about Rumsfeld's war plans, he said (paraphrased), "Sir, I think what my Secretary of Defense thinks. What he thought yesterday, and anything he'll think in the future."

My opposition to war is when it's done unilaterally against the better judgement of the global populace. When I'm lied to in order to support the justification for war. When it's used as an offensive invasion in the name of colonization rather than the defense of this nation.

Sacrificing American lives for a misguided ideologue is criminal.