The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

This was a lied-into war that is a quagmire now, ... It could be worse than Vietnam. The truth is we can't win, and there's still an ongoing deception.

First they turn us into killers in order to fight their immoral and illegal wars but would rather not know the specifics of what it is that they trained and conditioned us to do. Should we stray from the mythology of nobility and honor, however, and allow them access into our world, and insight into the true nature of war, they are repulsed and outraged and think us crazy and a threat to "normal" people.

There is sticker shock. It comes after Iraq. We have a time of war, rising deficits, Medicare and Social Security [shortfalls].

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.