[BruceS]

I am very happy that Baghdad has fallen without having to do a lot of urban warfare. As a former Army officer, I can tell you that would have been much worse.

BUT, the war is not yet over and our troops are still in harm's way - Tikrit and Mosul are still full of "true believers" (even more that at DU) with AK-47's. Please continue to pray for the safety of our troops.

[Steve_Seattle]

Good point about the troops still being in harm's way - there may be "pockets of resistance" for weeks or even months. I always recall the closing scene of The Dirty Dozen where they are leaving the German compound, and one of the Dozen stands up and says, "We did it!" Just then he's gunned down by the last surviving German soldier. Be on your guard, troops, there's still bad guys running around.