[Ragtime Cowgirl]

This a wonderful post. Thank you.

The two voices most often ignored by the press throughout the war are the two groups who have the most to do with Iraq's future: those who suffered for decades under Hussein the monster ~ the majority of Iraqis, and our awesome troops who are paying a high price for the freedom of this nation today.

May God bless, protect and comfort them all, and may they know deep inside how much they are loved by us on the homefront.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

As someone who has enlisted as a soldier, I am trained to keep my opinions about political issues to myself and not to voice them in fear of them being misconstrued as the views and opinions of the United States Army. However, these are not the views of the U.S. Army. They are my own.

I feel the need to stand up and protect my Commander in Chief (President Bush) and my government as I would in combat with the enemy. In that light, I strongly believe that many accusations against the president are false statements that are meant to sway opinion during the election season.

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  To America's Soldiers  ~ An open letter by Barbara J. Makuch 
 "I want to thank you for my existence. I want to thank you for your sacrifices, and for your courage, because without your heroism, this world would indeed be a different place. Were it not for the brave soldiers who liberated my father from Dachau, and my mother and her family from the Nazi slaveholders, I would not be here today. Nor would millions of others, all of whom remain indebted to you...."