Pretty much everyone I know in the U.S. has a strong opinion one way or the other.
I am solidly behind the activities currently taking place in Iraq because while we are far from perfect, we offer the Iraqis much more than Saddam did. Additionally, we have a moral obligation to fight anyone whose modus operandi includes the sawing off of the heads of those they disagree with.
The war in Iraq was the first phase of what will be a long-term war against fundamentalist Islamists who do not value human life. It is a just war, and a necessary war. It will be full of mistakes because it is being run by flawed human beings. However, I think that when it is over millions of lives will be improved.
I have nothing but contempt for all the nonconstructive naysayers. I would tend towards isolationism if it were a realistic methodology, but this world is smaller than it was during the times when isolationism was a viable way to stay uninvolved. The savages know where we are on the global map, and if we don’t go to them, they’ll come to us. I used to think differently, but time and reality have changed my opinion.
Read my friend Stan Pope’s comments on Iraq, they’re well worth it.