Did you consider war protestors to be "loony tunes"? Code Pink, for example? I was opposed to the invasion of Iraq from the beginning myself. I saw through the phony justifications. I was appalled at the steady drumbeat and painting anyone who dared to question it as "unpatriotic". I was shocked that Congress failed to do its duty, to question the motives, and essentially rolled over and gave the Bush administration carte blanche.
The threats to anyone who dared question the push to war were outrageous. Let's not forget the retribution Cheney's office heaped on Valerie Plame when Joe Wilson accurately questioned the WMD evidence. I don't consider the few brave souls who had the courage to openly protest in the face of all sorts of reprisals from the Bush Administration as "loony tunes" in the least (subjected to all sorts of scrutiny, being put on terrorist watch lists, drug through the halls of Congress, for examples). Quite the contrary, I think they acted exactly as one would hope true patriots would, in keeping with the principles this nation was founded upon - quite unlike the Congress, quite unlike the media. Where might we be today if more people had been willing to take a stand?
