Then next week his psychopathic brother comes back and shoots you, your family and all your neighbors while everybody is asleep. Just because you you are stronger than him doesn't mean you are invulnerable.

There are TONS of retired military who are against this war, don't try to paint the opposition with the wide brush of the pacifist straw man.

A lot of people oppose this war because they expect it to INCREASE the danger of terrorism to the US peoples, not decrease it. They worry that this kind of action will galvanize those who are on the fence into complete distrust of the US, and those who have grudges against us into action. And we need all the friends we can get right now, standing alone just because we have the biggest stick in the world is not a viable long-term position. The problem with having the biggest stick in the world is that it means we also have the most inertia - thus quick, agile and smart opponents may easily avoid the stick. Bush has lots of techno weapons in the military and is suffering from the, "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" syndrome. He needs to take a cue on foreign policy from someone like Woodrow Wilson instead of someone who quotes Al Capone as justification for our current foreign policy.

Here's a letter and a list of over one hundred retired and ex- military who feel this war is not the best way to go about defending our country:

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.or...President2.htm

PS - if you believe the rhetoric from the fat cats in washington about supporting our troops, you have to wonder why they are proposing cutting $25B from the VA over the next 10 years and ~$200M from the Impact Aid program, which among other things, pays for the education of the children of people in the service?

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/print.asp?id=563

Ultimately my point here is that this war is way to complex for simple jingoistic rhetoric to even come close to dealing with the the gravity of the situation, for all involved.