Originally Posted by vtcyclist

You guys can't take a bit of irony! One minute you're spouting facts and the next minute you're ignoring facts and resorting to name calling, what is this "socialist", "socialism" crap. In case you don't know it our military and VA ministration is "socialist" ie. run by the US government. I have the utmost respect for our troops and hate to see them put in harm's way by irresponsible elected officials and misguided military brass who take little responsibility for their misguided direction of the war. I respect people's religious beliefs, they should just keep them to themselves. The 9/11 wackos were supposedly doing god's work and Bush sought advice from his "father in the sky" rather than his real father who probably would have warned him not to listen to Cheney and Rumsfeld who were still sore that Bush Sr. didn't invade Iraq. And speaking of low, Bush, Cheney, Gingrich, Romney, Beck, O'Reilly et al. were conspicuously absent from military service in Viet Nam yet they are the biggest cheerleaders when it comes to using military force. To quote Mr. Cheney about his absence and lame excuse from serving "I had better things to do."