You know bowser despite my defense of anyone's right to bring up accusations of treason I agree completely that indiscriminate use of the term poisons political discussion. So too does simplistic assumptions of others motives and thoughts like the stereotypes you present. The discussion is poisoned because the topic is emotionally charged and from day one both sides have frequently ignored the other sides reasons for their stances and chose to plaster them in simple stereotypes instead. When the conservatives lambast past failures of liberal policies when recycled the liberals ignore it and rant about present failures of conservative policies. When liberals rant about conservative failures too often the complaints are ignored and channeled to discussions of liberal failures.

From my point of view the war supporters here have been more open about mistakes and the war opponants have been less open than the public at large. The liberals in Congress have been much more hawkish than those here because I believe they feel the sting of supporting failed Clinton policies just as Republicans should feel the sting of failed Bush policies.

Happy New Year