Rick ...
In my second post in this thread, I tried to correct myself but might not have done so too well ... it is not free speech or difference of opinion that I'm against ... far from it ... you and I, for example, are friends, yet do not agree on any number of political issues ... each of us has the right to express our opinion and each has the right to disagree with the other ... neither of us has traveled to the capitol city of a country with whom the US was at war and there, posed with the military personnel of our enemy, admired their weaponry and spoken in strong negative terms about the US troops (such as saying in plain English that those troops were war criminals) ... that sort of action IS treasonous by definition and that person should have been charged and imprisoned, not honored and given awards after returning to the US ...
I might not understand the thinking of those who make what I see as clearly ridiculous claims that a war with Iraq (if it comes) is somehow "about oil" or "finishing daddy's business" ... the problems are as clear as they can be and the parallels between Saddam and Hitler are very apropos ... for the life of me, I do not understand how Marge Schott saying Hitler wasn't all bad ... look at the positive things he accomplished" (the Volkswagen, maybe?) caused her to be forced out of owning the Cincinnati Reds and no one called it free speech, yet there are seemingly no end to those who are claiming Saddam isn't all bad, despite the strong evidence that he is, if anything, worse by far than Hitler was ... one cannot find any trace of "positive" things to claim on his behalf ...