The Problem of the Divide

A difficult message to get across is that those against the war are not anti-American. They are not angry at the troops; they support them. They want them home, so that no more die in a war that seems endless. Questioning the actions of the president is not anti-American. It is our right and duty as citizens to tell the government what we want and how we feel. If we do not tell them when they are wrong, that is a true misdeed.
The fear of being seen as unpatriotic has held back the Democrats and some Republicans from speaking out against the war in the past. Hopefully they are past that now, and the government will be able to work with more input from everyone. It is the same as in our politics class. When someone does not speak, we do not hear their perspective and thus lose the chance to learn something.