[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Please stop listening to CNN and start listening to the troops and the Iraqi people. They are most certainly diminishing the # of terrorists and terrorist wannabes and stabilizing whole sections of Iraq. Still, you clearly don't care about the truth because every leader of this mission, as well as the troops stated it clearly last week for anyone who cared enough to pay attention to those RUNNING and fighting this war.

There are many working to undermine their efforts daily - the worst are members of the mainstream international pro-UN, anti-Bush press.

Our troops can handle the enemy. They can't inform the people. People buy the 24/7 lies.

[Cacophonous]

So I ask you, who are so much more informed than I (apparently because you only watch Fox News, and I don't get cable): at what point do we declare victory? We've already said the major combat operations are done; yet we have 156,000 soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors in the region, and many say that we don't have enough. How many troops would we need if we still had major combat operations going on?

[Cacophonous]

I recently talked to some of the folks that are helping to build the Afghan National Army, and their stories were stunning. The biggest payback was the gratitude of the Afghan people. There was one fellow, an archtitect by trade, that told the Americans that for the first time in his life, he could leave his home in the morning with the confidence that he would return alive. Very moving and his story was typical.

[DreamWeaver]

Our troops can handle the enemy.

They certainly can, God Bless them. I have 2 nephews in the marines in the Gulf now , of whom I'm very proud of. We need more troops and I hope many more fine young men will sign up to serve our country. We're spread a bit too thin. If not, then I see a draft around the corner, (which looks like it's being considered) and might be the only way to go.