I read that Portland's fire department removed their US flags not to provoque anti-war protestors.
Hell no! That you are for or against the war, this American flag is there because others died for it to be there. So what now, you cannot display your own flag in your own country?!?
As far as US service men, no one has the right to badmouth them as it would be the same guys who would give their life to protect your backyard.
If you are a peace protestor, protest against the Bush administration, not against the servicemen sweating their butts in the middle of the desert.
my thought of the day, end of my 10 min lunch break, back to my gang of work.