I can still remember the daily repeated chants of "USA! USA! USA! USA!" outside my office window.

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41. Patriotism got us into the Iraq war.

So a few people chanting "no more war" doesn't bother nearly as much as a country going to war based on lies.

A preemptive , illegal, and immoral war that cast shame on America in the world community. A war where torture and war crimes were ignored.

A war's costs can't be measured in just dollars and cents. I just read a story of vet who couldn't get medical help and committed suicide. A war where vets come home and some can't find jobs. Vets being homeless is still a problem.

A war where hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people die including women and children. Millions of Iraqis were scattered to the wind without a home or future.

All because the GOP was able to raise a patriotic fever that overwhelmed common sense and a sense of decency.

So excuse me if the protests of few at a convention doesn't freak me out as much as going to war for all the wrong reasons. Considering we are gearing up for more war in Iraq with a major battle very soon which we will be heavily involved this is very relevant.