Some folks are always going to disagree with anything anyone posts. Just different folks.

Fair amount in Whistle Stop's post to agree with. And it was written in a moderate and considered way that contrasted very much with the way a lot of Mudcat discussions are phrased:

...The terrorists are the ones who are responsible for the 9/11 attacks... If this situation calls for public apologies from government officials ...then there are plenty of people who ought to be offering them up.

The US government may have taken a more aggressive and impatient posture toward Iraq than many people, in the US and elsewhere, feel that it should have... The UN is not blameless in this matter.

...Perhaps the US is too rash in responding to potential threats, but if the US approach is the wrong one, someone should propose an alternative approach.