You have to be one of the biggest hypocrits I've seen on this board Ed. You are absolute in putting partisanship over patriotism on one hand, while condemning it on another. In 1999 the republican controlled house voted to CUT OFF FUNDING TO OUR MILITARY while they were in engaged in hostilities with an enemy nation if they could not be victorious within 90 days. This gave aid and comfort to the enemy, encouraged them to try to hold out, and put our sons and daughters in the armed forces at greater risk. I can just imagine the outrage you and others on this board would express if democrats in congress passed a similar resolution for our forces now massing against Iraq. John McCain condemned his own party for that traitorous action, but I have not seen the same from one republican on this board.

Just a reminder, Serb forces were on a murderous rampage in Kosova. In their effort to rid the country of its indigenous Albanian population, Serbs committed horrific acts of violence. They murdered children, raped women, burned villiages, killed ten thousand civilians and forced a million others from their homes. The war in Kosova was the central part of Milosevic’s final solution to the Albanian question. Whatever history will say about the post-war situation in Kosova, the fact is that the United States led the military effort that put an end to the Serb campaign of murder, rape, and brutality against the people of Kosova. We completely succeeded in stopping the genocide without the loss of a single American life. This is something every American should be proud of, but your hatred of Clinton is more important to you than the nobility of the policy he led.

By contrast, the Iraq situation is less cut and dry. While personally I lean toward Bush's position, a good deal of the world sees it differently. Saddam is a menace but he is not currently engaged in genocidal policies anywhere near the level Milosovic was.