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There's no question we need to keep our troops in Iraq to prevent a power grab by insurgents or a civil war. But we really should stop patrolling the streets in lightly armored vechicles. Unless our men are going out to attack some insurgents in humvees, they shouldn't be driving around in such lightly armored vehicles. Instead, just pay some Iraqis to tell us what's happening on the streets and install a bunch of surveillance cameras to watch the bad neighborhoods. Our men are driving around out there in humvees with targets on their backs. It just ain't right.

Although we're shipping armored humvees to Iraq as fast as possible, that isn't going to solve the problem because the insurgents are smart enough to just attack the unarmored humvees. Until every unarmored vechicle is replaced in Iraq, they're just going to attack to choose the vulnerable vehicles and troops for attack. We should not be out there just patrolling like the NYPD in sqad cars. It's too dangerous and it's not that critical of a mission. Instead, gather intelligence with more clandestine operations and keep our uniformed soldiers ready to respond to major insurgent attacks. This patrolling is not necessary and it's getting our men killed for no good reason. There has to be a better way to improve security in Iraq.

"Instead, gather intelligence with more clandestine operations and keep our uniformed soldiers ready to respond to major insurgent attacks. This patrolling is not necessary and it's getting our men killed for no good reason."

Amen to that. We should stop patrolling these dangerous ares in unarmored humvees and stop it immediately. There has to be ways to use technology, surveillance cams, and the local Iraqis just to find out what's happening in these areas. Baghdad isn't New York, so our men can't operate like the NYPD. Our men are prepared to take risks, but they shouldn't be in a situation where they're almost like ducks in a shooting gallery.