See Barry's post for Mark Morford's latest, "THE LIE OF THE U.S. MILITARY
Tough gritty American soldiers protect freedom of liberal SF columnist?
Or the other way around?."

I understand and value the need for a strong military. I appreciate the necessity. But the war in Iraq does nothing but denigrate the value and integrity of our military. Note to conservatives: Those soldiers aren't out there dying for you, they're dying for strategic political power, for some oil exec's portfolio. They're protecting the Americanoligarchy. Does that make you feel proud?