[WOSG]

"The US commanders there are willing to let 100 Americans die going block to block while our Air Force sits on the ground. Mind boggling restraint.IMO"

"Blatantly False. Nowhere near the truth. Uninformed. Please refrain from statments like this, they really don't help anything and are totally incorrect."

Yes, it was uninformed. We have become so blinded by media second-guessing we think we armchair generals know better. Sure we all have opinions, but really *think* - do you *really* know better than TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE THERE IN THE FIELD AND HAVE THE FACTS AT HAND AND HAVE COLLEAGUES LIVES ON THE LINE. Do you think for a second commanders would risk Marine lives unnecessarily????

[Eagle Eye]

We're taking so much incoming in the last 30 minutes that I have lost count. And I'm not in town. The last one rattled everything. The ones you hear aren't a problem; it's the one you never knew that hit you, but at that point it's too late. That ain't bravado, it's just how you learn to deal with it (yes, I'm a retrosexual, and we retros JUST DEAL WITH IT!)

Squanto, my friend, care to deal with a little UXO? This place is getting littered with scrap metal. Think I'll sell keychains on Ebay...

Oh yeah, Spooky has been out to play!

[Finalapproach29er]

Yes, it was uninformed. We have become so blinded by media second-guessing we think we armchair generals know better. Sure we all have opinions, but really *think* - do you *really* know better than TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE THERE IN THE FIELD AND HAVE THE FACTS AT HAND AND HAVE COLLEAGUES LIVES ON THE LINE. Do you think for a second commanders would risk Marine lives unnecessarily????
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I only question whether we're being a little TOO careful.
Enemy breakage vs. USA body count.

Iraqi governing council is putting heat on Bremer/Sanchez; they admitted as much when questioned. I smell "political considerations"-that's all.