I have been opposed to this war since the beginning. Not because I’m anti-military or even anti-war for that matter, but because this war was started for the wrong reasons against the wrong enemy, and no good will come of it.

I defy anyone to say that my continued and vocal adherence to this opinion is “undermining the war effort.” This administration has unrepentedly conducted the domestic front of this “war effort” with intimidation and fear, consistently characterizing dissenting voices as unpatriotic. As most recently illustrated, when Rep. Murtha (D-Pa) called for withdrawal from Iraq, this administration — rather than allow for honest examination and open discussion of the actions we’ve taken and the direction we’re going as a nation — accused him of being an “ultraliberal” and attacked his character (nevermind their later backtracking). Now that’s bullshit for the sake of “political expediency.”

Before this turns into another pissing contest between my good friend the Foreign Minister and your ever-instigating and ever-undermining Minister of Propaganda, I offer to defuse my point with a humorous illustration.

I’m back from Utah, by the way, if anybody missed me.

Believe.