Well, I'm certainly offended by it.  It was just a day or two ago that my repug friend told me that she thinks that I (and liberals in general) want us to lose in Iraq.  That's the equivalent of saying that I am unpatriotic.  I attribute her opinion to Fox poisoning.  

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. ~Edward R. Murrow

I find it interesting that a magazine for investors is arguing to keep the war going.

I should HOPE you're offended by it. It's about as offensive as it gets.  And absurd.  

Personally, I think we should be more concerned over the war profiteering game plan...

Keith Olbermann speaks for me.

Either is "okay" (i.e. permissible). I would recommend taking comfort.

Desperateness like this is a sign that the author and the people the author speaks for are losing, and they know it.

This article makes Baghdad Bob's most infamous minutes look like straight reporting.

Take comfort.

Just my take, and offered only because you asked.

haven't we seen this episode before ... ?

disembodied female voice: trelane!

trelane: no! no, you said i could have this planet for my very own!

disembodied male voice: this has gone far enough.

trelane: yea, but you always stop me when i'm havin' fun!

dmv: you are disobedient and cruel. we've told you before —

dfv: — time to come in now, trelane.

trelane: but i don't wanna come in and i won't! i'm a general and i won't listen to you!

dmv: enough trelane — come along!

trelane: but why? i didn't do anything wrong — i was just playin'!

dmv: we said come along!

trelane: but i haven't finished studying my predators yet!

dmv: this is not studying them.

dfv: if you cannot take proper care of your pets then you'll not have them at all.

trelane: aw, but i was winning, i was winning!

dmv: they're beings, trelane — they have spirit. they are superior.

trelane: no! no, you saw —

dfv: you'll grow up trelane. you'll understand. now come along.

trelane: aw, but you said i could. you promised! i never have any fun!

dmv: stop that nonsense at once — or you'll not be permitted to make any more planets!

trelane (on the verge of tears): aw, but you saw ... i was winning. i woulda won ... ! honest ...

dmv: no, trelane.

dfv: no, trelane.

trelane (fading): i would've ... i would've ... i woulda ... i would ... i would ... i would ... i would  ...

from star trek, "the squire of gothos"

i'm glad you asked

Of course it is offensive.  According to an AP poll from last week:
pollingreport

 "Do you think the war in Iraq is a worthy cause or a hopeless cause?"

Worthy  39%
Hopeless  56%
Both (vol.)  2%
Neither (vol.)  2%
Unsure          1%

56% of our nation think this is hopeless, and now some rag is saying all of us are unpatriotic terrorists.

I would love to see a Dem that is running for the WH write a letter to the editor ripping into them.  The DC Dems have a knack of reading this kind of nonsense and getting intimidated into trying to find a middle ground.  
 What they need to do is stand up and hit back with both fists.

Would it be okay if I was offended by this?

No. Because if you are it means you are a traitor who should be exiled or sentenced to death. Preferably by firing squad, on TV. Check this discourse out:

Slouching Towards Armageddon

George W. Bush claims that he disagrees with such statements about liberals and their views on the conduct of his War in Iraq.  Why hasn't he issued an honest denunciation of statements like the one made by Investors Business Weekly and definitively called for them to stop, period.  Hello, anybody home?  

...and nonsensical talk as well.  But the incognizant right still buys it.

Jeff Huber Pen and Sword

The war and its escalation are too a victory. A victory for the vultures who run Investor's Business Weekly and the asswipes who read it. Nobody ever said that permanent war is not a win-win for the military-corporate complex.

And of course it's obvious who has seen to it that every Al Qaida hope has been met and exceeded. His initials are GWB. They hate our freedom, remember?

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

Thinking further on this, it's a perfect example of the strange malaise of the left. Who cares about offended? If we were rightwing crazies, we'd be buying or obtaining IBW's subscriber list and sending its customers something like:

Investor's Business Weekly thinks opposing escalation in Iraq is a plot by al Qaida, and that "Democratic and terrorist game plans are indistinguishable."

Does that sound reasonable to you? If not, why would you trust Investor's Business Weekly to provide sane investment advice?

Here are some alternative investor newsletters that give you investment advice without extremist ideology. Isn't that what you thought you were paying for? Some of them will even replace the unused portion of your IBW subscription without additional charges when you send them your IBW cancellation notice.

[do some research, include a list]

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

We'd have to go back to Benedict Arnold to find Americans as eager as Murtha & Co. to see an American defeat on the battlefield.

Aw, come on now. Do we really have to go that far back?  I seem to remember similar charges just a couple of years ago toward John Kerry, who was such a traitor that he suggested we get a permission slip from the UN before we defend our freedom and liberty blah blah blah.

This is authoritarian propaganda in its worst form. I keep trying to be optimistic and think that we're only a couple elections away from a Hitler/Mussolini scenario here in America... and then I read shit like this in respected news outlets in our own country. Maybe we're already there.