Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called sons of God. Opposing war is not unpatriotic. Opposing war because you believe any taking of a human life is wrong is one of the highest callings for a human being. Opposing war because you believe that a particular war is wrong is the guaranteed right of every American. Opposing a war because you do not like the president is both hypocritical and unpatriotic.

So far in September 2009, 38 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan. For all of 2009, the number is 220 -- more than any other single year and more than died in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 combined.

Where is the outrage from all those who so vocally opposed “President Bush’s war”?

Where are the photos of the flag-draped caskets of those killed in battle?

Where are the protests at the burials of those who gave the last full measure of their honor?

Where is the media coverage?

You can be a hero fighting in a war; you can be a hero opposing war. 

Being in opposition to war when American military are in harm’s way because you don't like the president is not only unpatriotic, but shows a person’s true despicable character.

The nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed on August 9^th by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. It is estimated (no one knows for sure) that the bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki.

Sixty-four years later, it is easy for some to say the bombs should not have been dropped. But, some prespective.

On the night of 9–10 March 1945, US Army Air Force B-29s dropped 1,700 tons of bombs on Tokoyo. Approximately 16 square miles of the city were destroyed and some 100,000 people are estimated to have died in the resulting firestorm. Not A-bombs -- firebombs, of which the US had many, many more to drop.

On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945 (April Fool’s Day) the US invaded Okinawa. The battle has one of the highest number of casualties of any World War Two engagement: the Japanese lost over 100,000 troops, and the Allies (mostly United States) suffered more than 50,000 casualties, with over 12,000 killed in action. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed, wounded or attempted suicide. Approximately one-fourth of the civilian population died due to the invasion.

Had the USA not dropped the atomic bombs, and had an invasion of Japan been necessary, it is estimted that US and Allied casualties (dead, wounded, missing) would be 1.4 to 4.0 million. Japanese dead have been estimated at 5-10 million.

As absurd as it sounds, the US dropping the atomic bombs saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives; both Allied and Japanese.

Our new CEO wants to rebrand his country so it appeals to a broader audience. Thus, we find the use of the phrase, (slogan if you wish) “war on terror” on the outs; I would like to suggest one more appropriate for a liberal government: Relationship Challenged Organizations, RCOs for short.

As with pornography, we may not be able to define RCOs, but we know them when we see them. Here are a few key indicators:

1. Does the organization seek to kill innocent Americas?
2. Does it seek to wipe America, Israel, or anyone else off the face of the Earth?
3. In the past has the organization attacked or sought to attach the U.S.A.?
4. Does the organization capture and/or execute innocent civilians (of any nationally)?
5. Does the organization use suicide bombers?

No doubt you could add more.

I think we need President Obama to appoint a cabinet-level czar to identify and oversee the RCOs.