The Left might really love and support the military, but until they are able to actually show and convince the soldiers themselves of this…then the soldiers’ perceptions will remain much stronger than the Left’s stated reality.

i have a really hard time understanding this view. i was a soldier, and i guess unless someone is some kind of rambo i was happy i didn’t have to go into combat, especially after seeing what it did to some of my friends. what the democrats are doing is asking questions if the soldiers should really fight this war in iraq, this has absolutely nothing to do with supporting troops. the republicans which it sounds are so soldier friendly sent soldiers into combat without the right armor, without enough forces, with no exit strategy … i am sorry, but they can say that they support soldiers but if they don’t act on it then this support is useless. i rather have a democrat asking questions about a mission or a war and the troop readiness, than a republican who “supports the troops” but has no problem sending the troops into a war with careless planing.

Why did Osama bin Laden broadcast a last minute message before the 2004 election that any two-bit observer would predict as helping the GOP?

It doesn’t sound like a fear of Republicans. In fact he and George Bush both benefit politically from the West and the Muslim world divided in a clash of civilizations.

You mean the ‘war of civilizations’ rhetoric that is trumpeted by both the GOP and al Qaeda?