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Maybe we need to act like a country at war - have a draft, raise troop pay and reenlistment incentives through bond rallies, have George Bush take the lead on fund-raising for the troops and their families, etc. So far, politically, this is a 'don't-step-on-any-toes-at-home police action', not a war like in the past. It seems like the moral equivalent of a too-good to be true credit card offer in the mail for all Americans except the military and their families.

You're absolutely right. Americans at home were never asked to sacrifice anything for this war. In fact the opposite has happened. This is the only time there have ever been tax cuts during an all out war. There should be a special tax to raise revenue to pay for this. Right now the cost of the war isn't even part of the budget! Plus there should be a draft right now - with no loopholes. People with connections and money should have to serve as well as the middle class and poor folks. I honestly believe if the sons and daughters of the politicians in Washington were the ones who were going to be fighting we would never have gotten into this mess in the first place.

.... You're absolutely right. Americans at home were never asked to sacrifice anything for this war....

Uh, we were asked to stop crying like whiny babies.

And to stop helping our enemies. When they were burning those bodies on television, they were doing that for the "peace lovers" in the US.

Here's the Hint: If everyone in the US said that under no circumstances will the US flich or back down. That we will spend every penny of our treasury and kill every Iraqi if necessary, the terrorists will give up and let Iraq flourish. The terrorists only continue because they believe TERROR (hence the name terrorists) will help them make their case. When it is clear that will not work, they will stop.

Not only do we prominently broadcast the crying of those that they seek, we poll it and put it in a nice package for them to evaluate.

That thing running down your back that helps you stand. It's call a spine. Try using it some time.