I protested this war vehemently, and was roundly insulted and called unpatriotic and unamerican - by folks who, to my mind, didn't understand just how American it is to be able to protest against your government.

However, I do not support the troops. It would be different if there were still a draft, but there isn't; all those soldiers volunteered to be exactly what they are, which is not war criminals, it is soldiers, whose main (only?) purpose is to kill and/or die.