This is something we can definitely agree on. And I’ll probably regret the “scumbag” epithet when I cool off some more. But I’m angry clear through at what he wrote, and his follow up post was, if possible, even more offensive.

Many people on the far left feel the way he feels – it leaks out from time to time, and that sort of thing is a regular feature at DU and Kos. Those people need to be called on it, loudly, publicly, and repeatedly. They can speak – and others can answer. We simply cannot allow another generation of soldiers to be abused and spat on for following lawful orders and keeping their oaths. We’ve had a few incidents, but it is still quite rare, we need to make sure that remains the case.

I really appreciate it when people like you, who disagree with what’s going on in Iraq, still make the effort to separate the policy from those who implement it. It gives me hope that we’re not going to have to relive the worst part of the 70s.