[livius]

what can WE do about them?

I agree. I feel totally frustrated, because the press is completely on the Dem side and is covering up all of our successes in Iraq. My local rag's headline this a.m. was a mournful wail "questioning" the killing of Saddam's sons. (It's a New York Times paper.) I just can't believe this.

I wish our Republican elected leaders would speak up and be firmer in defending US policy. Of course, most of the press won't report it if they do. But I think we could certainly write to Republican officials and urge them to do this. If they speak up often and loudly enough, the press has to give it at least some coverage.

[Coop]

"He looked me in the eye, with tubes coming out, and he simply said, 'Congressman, the only thing I worry about is that we will pull out early and we will not finish the job and it will mean all of the sacrifices we made over there were for nothing,' " the Indiana Republican recalled.

Powerful words from one who has served in Iraq.