I'm guessing I disappointed you with my vote on my own thread on the US troops

I don't see how you can say "Yes" anymore though. I can see why you would have said that in 1941, I can see why at one time you could say we were doing so in Afghanistan (Although I would only partially agree that we were defending our freedoms in 1941 and would disagree that we ever defended our freedoms in Afghanistan) but how the crap can you argue that what we're doing now is for our freedom?
I'm not going to argue with the soldier-worshippers (Can't name them publicly, but you know who they are) or the progressives (Who, ideologically, should support spreading democracy through arms anyway) but I'm genuinely curious how you can defend the actions the US soldiers are being ordered to take now is defending our freedom.