Yes they were, Quilla. Even the press must realize what's at stake as we move into Baghdad, and Jessica - what an awesome representative of the US military! Maj. Gen. Brooks reminded the press Jessica was rescued thanks to the brave souls who risked their lives..."loyal to a creed". I hope he reminds them of this daily.
In Chicago on WLS-AM the morning hosts, Don and Roma, have a son in the Navy. They got a very disturbing e-mail that said among other things, "I hope your son comes home in a body bag" and of course it was signed, "A Peace Protestor". They got a ton of calls of support for thier son. One of them was from "Angie" who was born in Iraq and lives in the Chicago area now.
Angie describes what it was like in Iraq and why she supports the war. Click to listen to the call
In case I did that wrong (I've never posted a sound link before!) here's the link the page the call is on...