Reply #10: It was Scott Ritter who said not long ago

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that the bulk of Americans, long disenchanted with Iraq, are not in any truth all that "Anti-war." And they still weren't went they went to the polls in November. What most Americans are, he insists, are anti- losing.

The tee-vee shock and awe, Super-bowl spectator sport mentality. Americans don't deplore war. They just lose interest when "the glory" begins looking elusive. I think he is right and it nauseates me. The flag-waving nationalism has always nauseated me.



Draft or no draft, this war won't truly come home in all its ungly glaring reality until everyone knows someone who didn't come back, or knows someone who lost someone (a co-worker's kid, a neighbor family's son or daughter.

We've got it under Control, The Fortunate Son has always maintained: "Go shopping."