While I do agree that the entire population of Iraq is not worthy of the loss of one of our GI's, we are defending freedom and the American way of life there. Those are worth fighting and dying for.
I guess all the libs forget this quote from President John F. Kennedy, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
Al Qaeda and Shia insurgents, radical Islam basically, has chosen to make a stand against the American military in Iraq. In 2 years, we have been unwilling or unable to defeat them decisively. If we actually leave now, our incursion into Iraq will have turned out to have been a great victory for Islamic terror, exactly the opposite result for which (I suppose) we went in there.
I hope with all my heart that Bush understands this and is willing to make Americans understand it. And get the job done.
"..we are defending freedom and the American way of life there."
Huh? While we are giving up the American way of life at home?
Actually the baby-boomer libs likely remember it very well. It was a very, very well known and emphatic statement. The problem is that they also remember that it wasn't worth the proverbial paper it was written on. I believed him at the time, but it turned out to be just big empty words from a guy reading what his speechwriter wrote, and probably really thinking about his next meeting with Marilyn Monroe.