[dwilli]

I left active duty in 1976. The military has changed. A majority of the forces these days are already married
and have young families. This was not the case in my
period of duty.

These are professional Marines, Army, Navy people, not cannon fodder. If there was a shortage of people to fight this war, the war should have been delayed and the forces
were trained to complete the mission. Poor planning gets more people killed than bad ammo.

We are losing the war politically little by little. GWB
needs to Make some changes in DOD and the military hierarchy. November ain't that far away.

[xzins]

We are not losing this war, and we will not lose this war.

The war is the war on terror. The Iraq campaign has greatly enhanced victory in that war for 2 reasons:

1. It has removed a staging base for the terrorists.
2. It has become an attraction for them to be in Iraq rather than elsewhere....like flies to the flypaper.