[Frank_Discussion]

"Even in our command group, everyone above us is keenly aware that we are now in our fifth month of this deployment, that it's getting real, real hot, and that the mission remains tough..."

A thought occurred to me: Perhaps a big reason we haven't been cleaning house of the snipers/saboteurs is because of the heat? Maybe when temperatures drop over there, and the troops can move around easier, then we can really pursue the mop-up operations in earnest.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

We've been pretty earnest - over 1300 bad guys detained during the two weeks of Operation Scorpion (# taken out???). Still, the troops are only human.

Mr. Dhia has been working with the Iraqi people for 8 weeks. If our news networks aired the briefings on Iraq, instead of opining based on second-hand sources, the nation would be solidly, unwaveringly behind our troops and our efforts in Iraq. Thank goodness for the DoD website. We can bypass the DNC news filter:

Emad Dhia: Iraqis? "They feel free." Troubles? "They are blaming Saddam, of course." ^