I do believe, however, that history will show that regime change in Iraq and the support we rendered to the Iraqi people as they established a new government was a just cause and worth the effort put into it by our military.

I also believe that many who opposed the war, both in the beginning and even at the point where support was the lowest, did so in large part because it seemed as though we could not accomplish what we set out to do. I believe that support for the war effort waned not because Americans thought it was an unjust war, but rather because mistakes were made in the conduct of the war and a lot of media attention was given to those who opposed us and the Iraqi people in the effort to establish peace in that nation.

I believe that the number of people who showed up at the air show illustrates that the American people believe that their military is a force for good in the world. I think it shows that the American people do not believe that our military are the baby-killing, prisoner-abusing/torturing imperialistic thugs who are willing to die for oil company executives, which is what liberals (and the liberal media) try to make them out to be.

I also think that the number of people who showed up at the air show is also indicative of the fact that the media is no longer harping (on a daily basis) on the lack of total success in Iraq. I think it has become clear to the American people that we can and in fact did win this war by toppling a tyrannical government and allowing the people we liberated to form their own government. It’s shameful that the media illustrates this not by reporting the facts about progress, but by not reporting anything.

I believe that, in time, the war in Iraq will be viewed with much the same patriotic pride that Americans show when they speak of the WWI, WWII, the cold war and others where our military stood up to the forces of evil in the world and represented the good people of this nation as they conquered tyranny around the world.

So now as the success in Iraq is becoming clear to everyone the liberals who opposed it are slinking back under the rocks they crawled out from under without ever admitting that they were wrong. We won. And the fact that so many people would showed up at an event put on by our military shows that the average American believes that the men and women in our armed forces deserve our support.

But to respond to what you’ve said, this is a just war. The American people were in support of the war prior to going to the U.N. where it appears that Colin Powell changed the argument from the fact that Saddam was a danger to the region and to our nation to one that focused on WMD. I did not need to see WMD to know that he was dangerous and needed to be removed from power. We gave a nation back to it’s people and made our own nation safer by doing so.

George Bush (and his administration) never lied to the American people. If he had he would have been impeached by now. Instead, the liberal attack machine, which you seem to be aligned with, went after anyone they could in the administration. And who did they get? Scooter Libby, a third string staffer. And how did they get him? By pushing an investigation beyond it’s logical conclusion, turning it into nothing more than overly-aggressive, and probably illegal, prosecutorial malfeasance. The prosecutor knew that it was an anti-Bush pinhead from the state department that leaked Plame’s name, which wasn’t a crime (as seen in the fact that he hasn’t been prosecuted) long before Libby made a mistake in his answers. My point is, the best liberals could do in finding ‘lies’ in this administration was the flimsiest case that wouldn’t have gone to court if not for the blind zeal of anti-Bush leftists.

In polls, most people who say they no longer support the war said that they changed their mind due to the way it was run, not because they changed their mind about it being a just war.

As for the rest of what you said, all I can say is, “cliché away.” You might want to get your head out of the liberal playbook and face reality.

Maybe you’re sincere in your comments, but the things you’re saying are straight out of a liberal playbook that tries to paint anti-war, anti-troop liberals as mainstream by diminishing the patriotism and heart-felt support for the troops that comes from the majority of Americans. In most surveys and polls about the war a supermajority say that we need to stay there and win. To put it another way, most Americans support the troops AND THEIR MISSION.

And to say that people who showed up at McChord this weekend were just there for an air show but don’t support the war is just plain hogwash. It seems to me to be a clear attempt to diminish the real support for the troops that exists everywhere except a few liberal enclaves like Seattle and downtown Tacoma. To put that another way, liberals are quick to dismiss facts that don’t support their narrow world view.

Again, the Independence day air show on Tacoma’s waterfront was just an air show. This weekend was far more and liberals are well aware of that fact.

Sorry, but I make it a point to call liberals on their doubletalk.

No one disputes that Iraq had WMD in 1991 (and did use them against Iran, with our blessing, and against the Kurd rebellion). We even provided chemical warfare suits to Iraq so their soldiers could survive WMD use. However, Iraq did not have WMD after that time - except what was inventoried and secured by the inspectors (found still secured when we invaded - but left ungaurded by us in the post-invasion period of looting).

Our military does not decide when to go to war. Our elected politicians do. We ask the troops to be ready if needed. They hope we will only use them for a just purpose. If we allow our political leaders to abuse the troops willingness to serve by committing them to an unneeded war, it is not their fault. It is the politicians who start unnecessary wars that we dishonor, not the troops.

The ends do not justify the means, nor does committing troops to a wrong war make the war right. War doesn’t decide who is right - only who is left.

It’s an airshow.

Uh huh. Sure. That makes perfect sense. I’m sure they were there in droves.