My response

to Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby's latest effort.

"It is the men and women who volunteer to wear the uniform to whom we owe our liberty. Surely they deserve better than pious claims of 'support' from those who are working for their defeat."

You know what else they deserve? They deserve to be sent into battle with body armor and fully armored Humvees instead of as sitting ducks. They deserve better healthcare and protection from those who would slash their benefits, like, for example, George W. Bush. (Could it be that protecting tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans is more important than the well-being of troops he ordered to war over nonexistnent WMDs?)

The troops also deserve not to be ordered to invade another country on false pretenses. But you don't mention any of that. I guess with all your bullshit about the Indianapolis Colts, stock prices and firefighters in the lede, there wasn't room for all that. “No loyal Colts fan rooted for Indianapolis to lose the Super Bowl”? Nobody who cares about the troops wants them put in harm’s way for a lie.

And, by the way, Iraq isn't a football game, Jeff. Lives are at stake. Your ridiculous analogies trivialize the dangers these men and women face every day. Shame on you.