Bad "Lost" Episode

Did anyone see Lost this past Wednesday? Yechh. Felt like US-Iraq war propaganda. Has their writing team--which has been truly amazing up till now--been hit by a bus? Did they start focus-grouping this show? I really hate this new direction they're going in with the war theme, Jack creating an army, now Sayeed torturing one of "The Others" and being sure his actions are justified because he feels no remorse. The last scene, in which he repeats the refrain "Have you forgotten?" to explain why he's taken this route, rang untrue to me. And according to the previews, the next show will be flashbacks to some sort of alien abduction scene that the Dharma Project is behind. I liked all the metaphors and the ambiguity up to this point, along with the intermingling of international characters. I don't think this bodes well.