The question for some, especially Democrats, is how to support our nation’s troops while maintaining disregard for their leader (especially during an election year). The truth is, you cannot separate the two. The President of the United States also happens to be the Commander-in-Chief of American armed forces. He is the ultimate leader of the troops and of the military actions they perform. To throw support to the military’s cause, while continuing not to support the leader of the military, sends a mixed message to our troops. They are in a difficult situation in a foreign land, and they do not need the people that they are sacrificing so much for protesting the cause that they are fighting. While I certainly cannot argue the fact that America is a democracy and that every voice deserves to be heard, it seems ironic that people use the freedoms that our troops are fighting for- in order to protest them fighting for it. The President’s job first and foremost is to protect the citizens of our own country. I believe that President Bush is doing everything in his power to do just that (Patriot Act, Homeland Security, War on Terrorism). If that means that the best defense is being on the offense, than that’s just a reality Americans are going to have to adjust to.

There are many arguments people have tried to make against the war in Iraq. One that is brought up constantly is that the United States is only interested in Iraq for the oil. Jeff Long, who served in the US Coast Guard for over 6 years, said that it is true that we have an interest in the oil reserves in Iraq, so do most countries in the world. He said that what most people ignore is if oil was the major motivation for the US, they could lift sanctions on Iraq and buy it. It's that simple. Hussein would be more than happy to sell it to them. He's dealt with the US before and would be happy to in the future. It gives him the money he needs to run his nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs as well as to fund his military. Jeff went on to say that he

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