Describing every use of U.S. military force as being done in defense of our freedom.

Categorizing those who are antiwar as anti-American.

A bumper sticker.

A media that fails to question what it is told by the government.

Commuting to work every day in a vehicle that gets less than 25 miles to the gallon.

The dominion of one political party.

Making jokes about the French.

A marketing tool.

Citing false or exaggerated information to justify going to war.

Spending $100 million on a war in the Middle East when millions of your own children are starving, don't have access to a good education or don't have any access to healthcare.

Spending $100 million on a war in the Middle East while pursuing a massive tax cut for the rich at home.

Viewable in black and white terms.

Remotely what Larry Elder, Rush Limbaugh or Bill O'Reilly say it is.

Going to war to protect comfortable life choices.

Flying a flag on your car while not taking the time learn more about what is happening in the world.

Ignorant of the fact that an Israeli army tractor killed a 23-year-old American woman who only wanted to help families and children in the Gaza Strip.

Ignoring in our allies what we decry in our enemies.

Oversimplifying or misconstruing history.

A bully.

A poll.

An end in itself.

The casual use of terms like "freedom," "liberation," "democracy" and "peace."

A religion, or even religious.

The use of fear to rally support.

Believing that because we won the war easily it was right to fight it.

Uninformed.

Attributing economic motives to former allies who oppose you while failing to examine your own economic interests.

(March 22, 2003)

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