[Thebaddog]

I take this to be a healthy negotiating tactic. And then they will haggle and niggle a better price for the Persian rug for my Living Room.

[skimbell]

It may be that but I also see it as an unnecessary risk of Americans. I've believed since the beginning that this war needed to be fought, and our service personnel have done their job admirably. But the political machinations and haggling of the whole damned middle east aren't worth one needlessly dead American.

I still think that any delay by Iraq concerning their political problems should not be at the expense of American servicemen. Washington needs to tell the Iraqis that they have to get their chit together and "giterdone". The U.S. Armed Forces are NOT "peace keepers" and they should not be made to act as such. If the world wants peace-keeping, call on that worthless band of morons from the U.N.

Tying the hands of our military by restricting how they may operate in Iraq is criminal!