http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/12/19/sens_kerry_and_dodd_arrive_in_damascus_for_talks_on_iraq/
The enemy could do better than to deal with these guys, I don't see them being that influential nor do I believe that they can be legitimately recognized as being representitive of the American public.
The first time I had heard about this meeting was from listening to Rush Limbaugh
but other than that this story has been a minor blip in the way of news coverage.
I don't support what we are doing in Iraq - we have been way too kind and worried about playing by the rules of the PC crowd in the middle of a so-called war.
I don't blame the troops, however, just the politicians, including the Commander in Chief.
Win the war.
Then worry about "winning hearts and minds" if necessary.
When you try to do both simultaneously, you end up in the mess like we have there now - 3000+ American troops dead, 40,000+ wounded.
Politicians have not let our troops really fight a war like a war should be fought since WW2.
Nice re-edit. The writer did not refer to patriotisim as facist crap but he did describe three elements of political leveraging going on in Washington D.C. and throughout the nation.
This is what was actually written;
I'm sick and tired of this patriotic, nationalistic and fascist crap.