Behind every gun barrel firing is a perceived ideal worth fighting for and the ideals Americans fight for in Iraq seem increasingly suspect. Lets look at a few:

"Democracy." If a majority of the people believe something does that make it right? The concept of democracy was shattered when terrorist group Hamas became the ruling democratically elected party of Palestine.

"Freedom." When Thomas Jefferson spoke of freedom did he mean the freedom to do anything you want? Or did he mean that true freedom is the ability to choose among the many right choices? Abortion, pornography, and majority rule show the American concept of freedom as tipping towards nihilism.

"Support the Troops." This should not have to be corrected because of its obvious ignorance, but it is the troops that are fighting for good reasons that should be "supported". The troops should not be supported for any reason or no reason at all. Woe be to the armchair politicians who would send a man or woman into battle for an unworthy cause.