perfidy

Quoting Buckethead:

One thing is obvious about the anti-war protestors, aside from lack of a keen fashion sense. It is that they are far more anti-American than they are anti-war (let alone pro-peace.) Many freely admit that Saddam is a butchering fascist - but that doesn't stop them from opposing our own Hitler, George W. Bush. This is a complete divorce from any kind of moral reasoning. No sane person can claim that Bush is worse than Hussein, or that the American government is as repressive as Saddam's

Mister Bucket, with all due respect, although there are some anti-war protesters out there who genuinely hate our country, there are others who love it deeply, and your post conflates the two. You called me a federalist a few weeks ago-- and thanks for that. As implied, my love for our country goes all the way back to the ideals of 1776 and 1787, and for that matter to the first European immigrants to the coasts of Virginia and Massachusetts, filthy monarchists, Congregationalists, and venture capitalists they may have been. I am against the war in Iraq, but I wish for a speedy conclusion to it. These are not mutually exclusive, much less antithetical positions. In fact, they are perfectly reasonable, and moral. 

I am pro-American, but, like WCM still don't feel that the Iraq invasion was the liberty-sanctioned historical inevitability you believe it is. Is it an act of pure evil? No. Are slaughtering Iraqis left and right? From what I can see, just the opposite. But, the decisions underlying the Iraqi invasion stand outside what I believe to be "The American Way Of Doing Things." Period. Times are changing, and it is possible that history will prove me wrong, but this is they way I see it. I don't care for Bush, but I'm certainly not going to compare him to Hitler*, and for your information my fashion sense is impeccable. 

Your larger point is taken, but please take care to not paint people like me with the hippie-loving America-hating brush. It smells funny. 

[wik] Can "Hitler" be a verb, in English? "To Hittle?" In a sentence: "President Mugabe seems determined to Hittle his way into history."