Reply #6: In a way you're absolutely right, [View All]

but there's still plenty of room to disagree. If their own kids were still alive, I'll bet the rent they'd still be pro-war, despite the 800 or so other families that lost their sons, daughters, moms & dads so that Dick Cheney's stock options would go up a couple of points. That's a disgusting lack of empathy that I feel fine with washing my hands of (I'm aware of the irony inherent in that statement, and I'm well beyond giving a fuck). If I appear to lack compassion, it's because I've finally become totally jaded with ex-hawks who could have stood against this abomination from the start but chose instead to cheerlead it. Righteousness has not one god damn thing to do with it. Supporting a transparent pack of lies carries with it culpability for those lies' real-world results. And I'll say it again, I'm truly sorry for this family's loss - nobody, NOBODY should have died in this sickening, pointless train-wreck. But really, think about it - people that are proud of their kids going to war suddenly going dovish when their kids die in that war - WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK KIDS DO IN WARS IF NOT DIE?