[Superman]

Mr. North's argument will seem compelling to many, I'm sure. And I respect aspects of it. I certainly cannot abide a liar, and the suffering of soldiers and their families is deeply regretable.

The Viet Nam conflict accomplished nothing except tens of thousands of deaths and eventually we abandoned it. Should we blame some other people for starting or engaging in that conflict? Or is it John Kerry's fault? The politicians that pulled the strings in this war used their judgement when they made those decisions, and I'm going to presume they had the best intentions. Folks here who demonstrated against the war also used their judgement and good intentions. (of course, I expect some folks will try to tell us here they can read what was in John Kerry's mind at the time and that he was thinking about how he will get his furniture into the White House some day)

I have heard it said here that criticizing our government's decisions is treachery. These are the same people who support Dubya's exporting of DEMOCRACY to middle eastern countries. I don't think Americans have the right to demonstrate against the president's decisions as much as they have the DUTY.

So, either you favor democracy or you don't. Or perhaps you favor something, that you make up as you go along, and you call that "democracy."

How many tails does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? A dog has four legs, and calling his tail a leg does not make it a leg. By Ollie's definition, quite a few people are to blame for the suffering he references. And by the testimony of some people here, John Kerry should have sat quietly while that suffering occurred.