Reply #141: I totally agree with this...

[PublicRadioVet]

Well said, scoody boo.

There comes a point when winning and losing in an ideological battle ceases to have meaning. Then, only principle remains. And if those opposed to the war are willing to sell out on principle, with the only logic being that the war must be stopped by all means and at all costs, then the result is almost certainly going to be failure because the voting public will conclude that everyone against the war is as much of a fraud, or a bigger fraud, than Bush or Cheney or Rumsfeld.

I myself admit to mixed feelings. The part of me that thinks like Christopher Hitchens, thinks maybe it is worth it, in spite of Bush and Co. The part of me that is pragmatic thinks it was a bridge too far. My inner idealist and inner pragmatist share uneasy quarters, as you all may well guess.