The war in question is the War on Terror. The latest battle was the Battle for Iraq.

And this war is on a global scale, with many, many fronts in many, many lands, involving many, many nations tackling many, many terrorists. It's a pity the leaders of the world's terror states feel so threatened by U.S.-led resolve that they must hold their own populace up before them as shields and say this is obviously some personal, international vendetta that somehow goes against an, at best, cryptic code of ethics that only the criminals can see -- but it's not. They hold their people, their neighboring nations, the world in general, and the Western Hemisphere in particular, hostage -- and that is a fact.

It is, however, good to have within those same aggressing nations battling these terror states so many dissenters dragging the politicians to the lecterns to clarify stances. This is necessary, for it is this that keeps us legal -- and happily lends ammunition for the next debate.

I do not, however, support anyone who does not support the average soldier (not to state any here do, so take a breath), and in combat errors do occur. They will all bring a certain level of outrage, but they will never all be found, and never all be tried -- and even those witnessed may never find a conviction. The scenario remains one of war, and shit continues to happen.

As for Iraq, The world as a whole (even if one should proclaim the inane democratic mantra of the new millennium, "not in my name") found that government to be guilty, plain and simple.

Today, that government of international terror -- and our easiest target, thanks to the UN's closing the borders around Iraq for so long -- is no more. I can appreciate that.

But the war goes on, and reality continues to bite -- deep,
Dan