It would seem to me that if a soldier is representing American values he should celebrate hearing about the open communication of dissenting viewpoints. Is he there for acclaim, after all? Is he there to achieve the impossible goal of unified opinion across a nation? Gimme a break. If I were driving an AAV in Iraq, I would know I was fighting to defend exactly the freedom that Michael Moore exercised last night, and I would be proud of him for upholding the same values I was.

Furthermore, IMHO, if someone is going to take up arms under any circumstances, they really need to be absolutely clear as to why they are doing so, and not be vulnerable to the endless miasma of shifting opinions. Going in to lethal combat based on someone's idea that it's needed, without a clear sense of your own reality on the decision, is pretty risky, if you ask me. I'm not there, and I don't agree that we should have gotten there. But if I were there, it would be balls to the wall and kicking butt to bring down a tyrannical government and get the hell back to my own life, and I sure as hell would not be thrown off because of someone in Hollywood disagreeing with why I should or should not be there.

This may be a lot easier to say from a distance. Of course. But I think it is true.

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