[Byron_the_Aussie]

..so when you spit on America because our bombs do not fall perfectly, keep in mind that it was even more imperfect bombs which kept your Aussie lasses from being forced to service a victorious Japanese Imperial Army...

Travis, I have not and never would 'spit on America.' Ask someone who knows around here (eg Chapita) about the number of times I've expressed the very deepest gratitude and debt towards America for her efforts in WWII.

And then get a grip on yourself. I haven't seen hysteria like this since my niece bought her first Britney CD. But she's fourteen years old.

What's your excuse?

[Travis McGee]

I'm glad to hear you express gratitude for America's saving Australia from Japanese slavery in WW2. Certainly, we saved your Dad's generation from forced labor and your mother's generation from worse.

So please, let's now hear your utter condemnation of all the errant bombs and shells which killed so many Japanese civilians, not to mention the dead in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Tokyo.

That is if you want to be consistant.

Otherwise, you should shut your trap about our less than perfect bombing in Afghanistan, or just hang the selective morality tag of the hypocrite on your door. That is, you express gratitude for the USA saving you in WW2, imperfect bombs and all, but you condemn our far more accurate bombs in Afghanistan.

Our strategic target is the Al Qaida and Taliban leadership, and this is a war, not a negotiation. They started it on 9-11, and now we will finish it.

If they want to hide among civilians, that's on them.