Please ignore those on here who are imitating the French and belittling the efforts of our fine armed forces. Most of us know the value in what you're doing and appreciate it greatly.
The others have obviously fallen into the trap the media has set with their distortion and lies about Iraq.
I think people forget about how long it took to root out Germnay and Japan after WWII. I didn't happen overnight. The LSM only talks about the negatives. With freerepublic, and posts from the frontline, we'd never hear of the successful events. The history channel show I was telling you about was one of the only shows I have seen that showed the troops in a positive light.
I wasn't even born during the Vietnam war. I can only image the doom and gloom being reported. No freerepublic or internet Centcom briefings back then.
Based on your tagline, it looks like you'll be home for Labor Day.