Good to see that some retired military officers, including former Joint Chiefs chairman John Shalikashvili, are calling for tough questioning of Alberto "Torture Memo" Gonzales.

Then again, criticism of the Bush administration by retired military officers didn't do a hell of a lot of good during the campaign.

To conservatives, and to the media outlets that take their cues from conservatives, your word as a soldier automatically ceases to carry any moral weight once you express any view that challenges right-wing Republicanism -- no matter how much gore you've seen on how many battlefields.