Johnny, if one book written by one author is going to make that much of an impact on the rest of the world, I sincerely hope it is the Bible and not something written by Bugliosi. As I said, I don't think he is a murderer. I actively dislike GWB and I think we have no business in Iraq but that's an entirely different issue.

Our enemies feel right and powerful regardless what is said here about our President, especially in the Middle East. So long as we exist, so long as we have troops in the Middle East and so long as we support Israel, many of them will feel they have the right to kill our troops.

I want our troops out of Iraq. I want them searching for Bin Laden and his cronies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. I hurt every time I hear of one of boys or girls being injured or killed in Iraq. I will say thank you to each and every one that has served, no matter what war it was. Our troops deserve our love and respect. That doesn't mean our leaders do.

If someone chooses to write a book stating that our President and, yes, our Congress, is committing murder each and every time an American is killed in Iraq, that is that person's right. To get angry about it is your right. To basically threaten another, which was the basic tone of your post to jim, is beneath you.

To tell me to go burn a flag is beneath contempt. It goes more to the "how dare you!" You served in the military for this country. My father gave his entire life for this country -- it was a military injury that ultimately killed him at age 36. My brother went to Nam three times. Not because he believed in that war -- he didn't -- but because he felt he could save American GIs by being there. I've lost several friends in Nam, including the boy I thought I was going marry. I've held friends' hands as they got word their son and then their daughter were killed and injured in Iraq. Don't you dare tell me to go burn a flag because I defend someone's right to write a book and quote it here.

And, yes, God bless America. But I'll be damned if I'll bless our leaders who lied to us, who cheat us on a daily basis, who use their position to get rich on our backs. And I will fight for the right of anyone in this country to say what they think even if I totally disagree with it. That's what makes America so great -- our willingness to allow others to speak their mind, to fight for that right, to be there to help another have that right.