[steveeboy]

I am sorry that you take my comments as a lack of faith in the US, the military, or democracy.

That is certainly not how I feel.

If you read my comments again, you will not that my main concern is the political meddling with the commanders in theater.

My argument is that there are some problems in Washington that are adversely effecting the mission in Iraq and the overall WOT.

My other argument is that if one is trying to bring democracy and liberty, advocating the extermination of the Iraqis based on the actions of Saudis, chechens, or various foreign-born extremists in Iraq is not very productive.

On the contrary, it is juvenile, misguided, and damaging to the mission.

[68skylark]

Well I'm glad to get your latest comments. I apologize for misunderstanding your points.

Yeah, political meddling in wars has always been a problem for the US. We've never fought a war without political overtones -- while it's not helpful I guess, it seems to be a price of democracy.

And yes, I get very unhappy with people (often on the right) advocate things like nukes or carpet bombing, etc. That's just juvenile -- it sounds like we can agree on that.