I am appalled that people, especially Latter-day Saints, would assume that if you are against the war you must be a liberal. Any right thinking American should stand up for peace and be against our government being a world police, and a force of terror. We are supposed to be a beacon of freedom, not terror... In Iraq we have created terrorists not stopped them.
As President Benson explained, a true patriot is not one who ignorantly supports the War in Iraq, he said:
Let us be a people of peace as President Hinckley has also stated, quoting from the scriptures:“When I review the performance of this people...I am appalled and frightened...We are a warlike people, easily distracted from our assignment of preparing for the coming of the Lord. When enemies rise up, we commit vast resources to the fabrication of gods of stone and steel—ships, planes, missiles, fortifications—and depend on them for protection and deliverance. When threatened, we become antienemy instead of pro-kingdom of God; we train a man in the art of war and call him a patriot, thus, in the manner of Satan’s counterfeit of true patriotism, perverting the Savior’s teaching:
"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven." (Matt. 5:44–45.)
So, let us not be pro-Iraq-war, let us be pro-kingdom of God and stop perverting the Savior's teachings.“renounce war and proclaim peace” (D&C 98:16).