Kicked to the front. The few public figures who had the guts and brains to oppose the war before it happened deserve credit for it because at the time it truly did require bravery for a public figure. - Ian

I found this fascinating information on-line:

Oprah did more to try to prevent America from going to war than anyone else in mainstream media. As early as the Fall of 2001 she did a show called "Is War the Only Answer?" Unfortunately that shows sparked the worst and most vicious hate mail of her career. Then a few months later when she declined an invitation to go to Afghanistan with Bush, people were furious that she would defy a sitting president during a time of war. All of this made her extremely fearful to dissent and for a while her show was extremely careful not to be seen as unpatriotic and she even allowed pro-war voices to appear on her show. But in October 2002 a woman in her audience questioned the propaganda the media was feeding them. At first Oprah thought the woman was a bit nutty and dismissed her, but a few weeks later she decided the woman was right.