I don't think "gutless" is the word you're looking for.

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Tom Brosz — 4/26/2004 8:08:25 PM (archived)

I think it's a lot more complicated than that.

The anti-war people display a wide range of motives.

Some are political, with the election uppermost in mind. Some are morally opposed, including pacifists*. Some don't understand how wars are fought or why--there is little education in our nation about WWII, and a lot about Vietnam. Some think that there is a workable alternative to fighting--some way to convince radical Islamists and others to live and let live. Some are for war, but not the way we're doing it, or with this particular nation. And yes, there is a specific faction that is anti-American by any rational definition.

*And pacifists are not synonymous with "gutless." I'm thinking of some who served in wars, unarmed, as medics and such.

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60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 5:02:30 PM
- re: 60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger - Larry J - 4/26/2004 5:41:45 PM
  - Guess I'm a crybaby - alcaray - 4/26/2004 6:26:26 PM
    - re: Guess I'm a crybaby - Larry J - 4/26/2004 6:55:56 PM
      - Cute, Larry, but that crap ewon't fly much longer in this country. - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 2:58:49 PM
        
        You project too much - Larry J - 4/27/2004 4:14:20 PM
        
        You were doing okay there for a while... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2004 3:58:42 PM
      - Everyone not a warmonger is a coward. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 12:39:34 AM
        
        Not everyone who supports the actions in Iraq is a warmonger... - Larry J - 4/27/2004 2:34:35 PM
        
        Neither of those statements is true. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 4:57:06 PM
        
        Okay: so you are a coward - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 3:00:23 PM
        
        I've been gone for about 2 weeks - Larry J - 4/27/2004 3:35:44 PM
        
        re: I've been gone for about 2 weeks - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 4:22:22 PM
        
        So now you're calling me a liar - Larry J - 4/27/2004 5:08:12 PM
        
        In the interests of accuracy, you are. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 5:18:35 PM
        
        (BTW, as per obvious, I decided not to take it to flame) (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 4:37:02 PM
      - Americans did not become gutless, the wars did - alcaray - 4/26/2004 8:58:37 PM
        
        In 1940, most Americans opposed going to war against Germany, Japan, and Italy - Larry J - 4/26/2004 9:44:46 PM
      - I don't think "gutless" is the word you're looking for. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 8:08:25 PM
        
        I think it is - Larry J - 4/26/2004 8:42:26 PM
        
        Was Somalia pull-out more or less emboldening then Beirut? (n/t) - Tony - 4/26/2004 8:45:07 PM
        
        Pulling out of Beruit was also wrong, IMO - Larry J - 4/26/2004 9:08:25 PM
        
        Just checking - Tony - 4/27/2004 3:59:48 PM
        
        About the same. I would put them both on the list of policy errors, myself. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 8:58:52 PM
    - re: Guess I'm a crybaby - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 6:37:39 PM
      - It is a tough call, Tom - alcaray - 4/26/2004 7:00:29 PM

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