I just don’t get why saying “you supported Bush’s war” is much of an insult anymore, if you no longer support it and acknowledge all the bullshit in that administration.

I never, ever supported the war, which sounds like bragging but that’s not my intention at all. Bush’s approval rating in the couple of years following 9/11 spiked up to 90% or so. The vast, vast majority of Americans thought they were doing the patriotic thing by getting behind whatever effort Bush was pitching to combat a very real threat of terrorism that had hit us hard here at home. Even though I didn’t support it I had and still have a lot of empathy for those who did at the time, it was a very understandable thing.