Martlet,
thanks for the reasonable and measured response. And I agree with you 100%. I actually would label myself a centrist, because I lean to the left on certain issues and the right on just as many, but I don't lean to the extreme on many if any. I would suspect that few if any liberals are truly unpatriotic, maybe severely misguided, but not unpatriotic. If they actually make an effort to aide and abet the enemy, then they've crossed that line. As to being "overly-patriotic", let me clarify. I see many people down here around where I live who go way over the top sometimes professing their Christianity, but then turn around and act in the most un-Christian way (my wife could give you ENDLESS examples of this from waiting on Church crowds at her restaurant on Sunday mornings!), and the same way. I tend to be VERY suspect of someone who professes their belief too much, as being either extremist, or being a fake. I've seen a studying minister here where I work profess their love for the US and God in a very vocal way, but then turn around and say that America deserved 9/11 because we tolerate certain people or lifestyles that his interpretation of the Bible conflicts with. To me, to say that you love something, and then say that what you love deserves destruction just doesn't jibe well. Hopefully you see where I'm coming from now. Like I said, I supported us going into Afghanistan due to the clear links to Al Queda and the Taliban, but not Iraq due to the non-existence of links, and even more so now that I've seen how it has crippled our ability to threaten (and thus provide a counterbalance to) countries like Iran, who truly DOES need to be reigned in.
