maybe i'm misperceiving this, but it seems that the left's criticism of US military action has diminished or been muted. in the 60's people on the left literal

maybe i'm misperceiving this, but it seems that the left's criticism of US military action has diminished or been muted. in the 60's people on the left literally criticized US soldiers as they returned to the US from Vietnam. (the phrase "baby killers" comes to mind). you don't hear that sort of thing today. criticizing US soldiers is just not done. even Barbara Boxer touted her work with the "Wounded Warriors" project. Al Franken went on USO tours. it's just not ok to criticize US soldiers. on the contrary, we thank them for their service and try not to call into question what happened "over there." furthermore, when GW Bush argued for an invasion of Iraq in 2003, an awful lot of Democratic politicians got on board and voted to authorize it. i think they were afraid not to authorize it. later, drone attacks carried out by the Obama administration were more or less accepted too.