Reply #31: another goodbye post...I wish you luck in the military. If you have to

[cry baby]

go to war, be sure to know in your heart that we, the leftists, are the ones trying to get you home safely and soon.

Here are my personal answers to your questions. The war on terror is different than the war in Iraq, I suspect you know that. Iraq didn't kill thousands of US citizens in our own country. US policies in the middle east are to blame for those people hating us. Those policies go back way before * so I don't really blame him for that, although he could have stopped those policies if he so chose. Democracy might have a chance in the middle east, but the ends never justify the means. I believe that if there is ever peace in the middle east, it will be because Arafat died, not * intervention there. He has pretty much ignored the Israel/Palistinian thing. Our nation is suffering because one political party has all the power and that is not how our country is supposed to be run. There are no checks and balances as the founding fathers designed. Many here at DU check the(I) box too. Go ahead!

I FEEL THAT AMERICA HAS ALIENATED ME. I suspect that is a much worse feeling than you feeling badly that the left is too left.

Please don't try to give a subtle lecture to us by asking loaded questions. Peace be with you.