[91B]

Steady on man-there is much good and true in what you say, but the enemy can only win if we withdraw-so we must not withdraw, we must continue to fight. I know that many Americans are frustrated but even many Democrats recognize this (there are some who are not completely lost to madness).

Our casualties amount to less than 3 GIs killed in action a day. We had higher rates of soldiers killed in training accidents per year in the early 1980s. Every soldier killed is one less great American, and we should all mourn their passing, but the media has completely lost all perspective and the administration has not done a particularly good job of pointing this out (although I think Snow is doing a good job).

We must do whatever is necessary to expand the Army, I am perplexed that the administration has failed to do this up to now and Rumsfeld's bizarre reluctance to do so is the main thing that makes many of us doubt him.

In retrospect we were wrong to use the most recent conflicts (Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan) as templates for Iraq, but mistakes are inevitable in war. But the enemy can never in a thousand years drive us from Iraq. They can only win if we hand them a victory, that is unacceptable.

[nathanbedford]

But the enemy can never in a thousand years drive us from Iraq.

The same was true in Viet Nam.

It took Walter Cronkeit about four minutes of air time to drive us out.

The war is not fought in Bagdad, but we can guess where it is being fought.