[prairiebreeze]

I had the honor this week of dining with some Marines who served in Iraq, and they are confident that Fallujah is being handled correctly.

I certainly have faith in our military as opposed to the hand-wringing, gun-slinging nut fringe that comes out on these threads. And I have faith in the President.

I hope your Marine acquaintances don't read the stupid crap that gets posted on these threads. They (and we!) get enough of that from the media.

Sounds like a great dinner to me.

Prairie

[Arkinsaw]

I certainly have faith in our military as opposed to the hand-wringing, gun-slinging nut fringe that comes out on these threads. And I have faith in the President.

I don't understand what all the freak out is over. The Marines still get to take control of city center (faster). They still get to kill anybody they see with a weapon. They still get to search suspicious locations. They will have Iraqi police on the ground instead of none. The will have city leaders agreeing to it rather than opposing it.

The only difference I see is that the Marines get to avoid a bloody assault.

But maybe thats what some folks are more interested in seeing than actually taking control of the place.

[Spotsy]

Amen Prairie - too much handwringing in the media and elsewhere. Everyone is sounding like Janine Garafolo.

I was reassured to hear Marines - and these guys are no flowery diplomats - say that things are much different on the ground and that they did not advocate blowing everything to kingdom come.

Prayers to our troops, the CPA, and everyone in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan