[VOA]

I suspect there is a reason the US (and Coalition allies) have kept their morale
high despite the attacks by the b@$tards that try to derail democracy with
bombings, beheading, and executions of good souls (like Margaret Hassan)...
they know via the Internet and satellite phones how many people are praying for them.

That being said, I still am ticked that more American talk-show hosts haven't gone
to Iraq/Afghanistan (or even Kuwait or neighboring areas) to do a week of
on-site broadcasts.
For comparison...Laura Ingraham has been talking, talking, talking about doing this...
so far...NOTHING.
(I'm still an avid Ingraham listener and like her a lot...this post is just
a prod to her to do the right thing!)

About the only talk-show host that's gone in harm's way to any degree...Dennis Prager
that's broadcast (at least once, maybe twice) from Israel since 9-11.

[martywake]

The reason our morale is so high here is because of people like ya'll back home. Knowing that we are going to come home to a grateful nation, and not the travesty that my fathers generation had to endure, makes this grisly task alot easier.
Words cannot thank SpanawayLori and everyone else who has adopted a soldier enough.
It is perhaps a blessing that more media have not come over here to do live feeds. We hate their guts. Even the ones who write neutral articles. They are only interested in profiting form our pain, our blood, our sweat and our tears.
I was interviewed by a writer form the New York times, along with several others. She chose not to use my words., opting for an account that showed Chaos and panic stricken soldiers scrambling wildly to get out of the chow hall. My account was somewhat different. Most of you all are probably familiar with my account by now.

It still gives me shivers to know that so many of you are praying so hard for us. We will not let you down.
Love and Godbless
Martywake