Iâ??m no fan of Michael Mooreâ?? but your statements lack full context and balance and some are just wrong.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January..... In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January.


You mean 39 Americans, right? How about an honest comparison including insurgents and Iraqi citizens..

Originally posted by wolfsong:
That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.


Sandman says every male over 17 in Iraq has at least one AK-47 â??? hardly comparable to Detroit.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
FDR...led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.


Japan and Germany were treaty allies â??? Japan declaring war on the U.S. had the same effect as Germany declaring war on the U.S. and vice versa. Between 1939 and Dec 1941 FDR did in fact keep the U.S. out of WWII â??? Pearl Harbor took the choice out of his hands.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
Truman...finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,334 per year.


Truman did not start a war. The North Koreans started that war, and in any event, the war in Korea was a United Nations action with armed forces from at least 10 nations participating.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
John F. Kennedy...started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.


Although the first U.S. â??advisorsâ? were in Viet Nam before Kennedy, you are essentially correct..

Originally posted by wolfsong:
Clinton...went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia never attacked us.


Pretty sure United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1031 (1995) and 1088 (1996) authorized the multi-national force and its use of force.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.


After Bush labeled Bin Laden the most wanted criminal in the world, and after leading a U.N. sponsored invasion of Afghanistan to get him, Bin Laden remained at large throughout Bush's term.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
In the two years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has...liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.


The Taliban is crushed, Hussein is in custody, true â?¦ but aside from having their governments toppled, Afghanistan and Iraq are far from being liberated.

Originally posted by wolfsong:
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.


Youâ??re not even close to being finished in Iraq â??? make the comparison when everyoneâ??s on their way home.

As for the Glenn/Metzenbaum exchange, Iâ??m pretty sure everyone agrees Metzenbaum was an idiot to suggest what he did; and no one questions the love of country and the dedication to duty of the men and women in the militaries that help keep us free.