I think I've become one of the site's harshest critics of U.S. foreign policy in general, not just the Iraq War, so you know which way I voted.

MPLSSweedman, one could easily argue that the opinions of your average reality-TV-addicted philistine don't matter...the author of "The Age of American Unreason" (I can't remember her name), was inspired to write it after she overheard one guy telling another about how Pearl Harbour started the Vietnam War. These people shape their values based on cultural tradition and what they've been told just as much as any Iraqi citizen. The lies are different, but equally poisonous.

What viewpoint has caused, from a utilitarian perspective, more death, the view that non-Muslims are infidels who should be blown up, or the view that it is the duty of the morally superior U.S. to enforce its values throughout the world? The answer's easy.

Edit: That seemed to imply that the guy thought Pearl Harbour started Vietnam because that's what he's been taught...that isn't the case, of course; the case is that intellectual curiosity is basically dead, and all anyone wants to do is kick back to the latest vacuous entertainment, assured that their government must have the right basic values. The notion that their leaders' values may be wrong and destructive isn't one entertained by many.