[Leroy S. Mort]

Not to disparage the troops or minimize their service, but 13 month unaccompanied tours were pretty common back when I served (and no 14 day vacations back home). Been there, done that.

[pierrem15]

They say that seeing us on the news reminds them of a mini-Vietnam

There are two attributed quotations in this piece describing how the unrelentingly false picture presented by the medis is demoralizing the families of our soldiers.

If all you know is your own few square miles and the attacks you've suffered without seeing anything else, things could look pretty bleak-- why aren't they being given the big picture?

[CasearianDaoist]

Yes, a standard Marine tour was 13 months...we have become a nation of sissies. This is probably the most serious fight that we have been in sinse the Civil War, and we see bellyaching like this. How can we win?