Sorry my "compassionate" views are a bit skewed while our troops are being killed...
Why? We are very beatable and they already know it and they have homefield advantage.
Richard W.
THEN when we are so carefull to minimize civilian deaths and leave their infrastructure in tact THE guerilla forces can come out in force KILL our troops at the rate of 1 or 2 a day (3X LESS than the murder rate of California, I might add) and the SAME leftists who opposed the TOTAL annihilation of the enemy attempt to change the minds and hearts of the American people who supported WAR with the constant DRIP DRIP DRIP of American casualties and indiginous uprisings.
NEVER do you read POSITIVE stories about the reconstruction, NEVER! War is NOT for the weak of heart and spirit, once committed there should be NO TURNING BACK!!Stay the course and don't let the LEFTIST turn IRAQ into VIETNAM!