[Thumper1960]

I understand your concerns and comments. I don't subscribe to the beliefe that a "conservative" press, or a "liberal" press is, in itself, monolithic. Over the years, I've read articles in the "conservative" press that angered me. Just as I've read articles in the "liberal" press that I found quite agreeable. I don't know what was in the heart of the writer, or if there was editorial tampering with the original piece of the writer. It may sound strange to say.....I know what I know. In my heart, I know the piece isn't representative of the boots on the ground in Iraq. Frankly, what the boots on the ground think and believe carry more weight with me than a keyboard pecker in London......or New York.

[Pukka Puck]

"Frankly, what the boots on the ground think and believe carry more weight with me than a keyboard pecker in London......or New York."

As the Brits say, "Hear, hear!"