With Democrats ridiculing our volunteer army (instead of Militant Terrorists who wage attacks upon civilians and our troops) is it any wonder Mideast terror leaders should try to weigh-in on our elections? James Joyner says, "Consider the source".. I...

Dr. Joyner, if I am our out of line here, I will graciously and humbly beg your pardon and step away from this forum.

The claim that they are evil is because they do evil things, like bringing a terrible chaotic war to a country when it was not necessary to do so.

1) Saddam Hussein has repeatedly violated sixteen United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) designed to ensure that Iraq does not pose a threat to international peace and security

2)Gassing the Kurds

3) Rape & Torture under Saddam

Sanctions were not working because of the corruption in the UN. Saddam was getting more and more bold in his rejection to conform to the behavior that the UN Required.

The was was/is both justified and necessary. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean that it was any less correct to remove Saddam.

I think you are living on another planet Charles.

"...much less the US, first for everything that goes wrong in the world"

Typical nonsense hyperbole. Any criticism of the policies or actions of the American government are dismissed as being blame for everything in the world. I realize that this is boilerplate on the right, but that doesnt make it any less dishonest or any more compelling.

"to claim that they are evil because you don’t agree with them"

The claim that they are evil is because they do evil things, like bringing a terrible chaotic war to a country when it was not necessary to do so.

Hersh is a courageous, relentless and penetrating critic of American policy. No stable and successful society could survive having too many people like that, but neither would they prosper with too few. People like him play a crucial role in a free society.

You said "deeply wicked and ignorant," which appears to fit hyping us into a useless and bloody occupation, torturing prisoners, and undermining the rule of law, far better than it fits anything that Hersh has done.

As it is, it seems you'd prefer that My Lai and Abu Ghraib had gone unreported and unpunished? Hersh at least has virtues to balance against his vices.

It is one thing to claim that Mr. Rumsfled and Mr. Cheney don't understand the facts, have the wrong strategy, etc., and entirely another to claim that they are evil because you don't agree with them. I took this liberty with Mr. Hersh because he has repeatedly revealed himself to be an anti-American provocateur and propagandist, and, yes, I do regard that as profoundly evil.

Okay, fine, but how many circles of hell further down does that put Rumsfeld and Cheney?

Jeez.

(The Vietnam-era army is unlikely to lose the atrocity medal any time soon ... as for "violent," quelle horreur! a "violent" army! What new horrors will the Republicans inflict?)

Tokyo Rose was tried for treason, the Democrats and left media will not be for one reason, because these soldiers that fight every day and give their lives in the name of freedom, give the Democrats and the media the RIGHT to spit on their fallen sol.....