Reply #1: "...trapped by the system and the rules ..."

[Jim__]

How was anyone trapped by the system and the rules? If you mean they were trapped by the fear of the consequences of telling the truth, which is implied by you statement: ...and who would he hunted down and destroyed by the media whores if they "popped their heads above the foxholes", then, I cannot think of a much more despicable reason for voting for war.

I will vote for the Democratic nominee in 2008, almost regardless of who it is because I consider the Democratic alternative far superior to the republican alternative. One thing that might prevent me from voting for the Democratioc nominee would be if they came out and said they knew voting for the IWR was wrong, but they did it to save their political career. Reportedly, 650,000 Iraqis have died due to this invasion. I'm not sure I could vote for anyone who decided that his/her political career was worth more than 650,000 lives.

I've always thought that the reason we don't hang people like that is that forcing them to live with themselves is the greater punishment.