[Diddle E. Squat]

Oh spare me your righteous condemnation. You really think I don't care for all of the killed and injured, and those at risk?

There is a difference between callousness and recognition of reality. Getting emotional is fine, but not when it extends into excessively negative assessment spewed repeatedly that undermines morale. Ever think of how your gloomy and highly critical posts affect the families of soldiers who read it?

My analogy holds. Your posts have been repeatedly way over-reactionary. If you can't handle the numerous up and downs that are to be expected, you might be well served to take a break for awhile.

[over3Owithabrain]

If you don't want to read posts that you find critical or disagreeable, skip by them. Don't respond with insults or demands I stop speaking my mind. I am not alone in being concerned about certain tactics that appear to be endangering our troops in an effort to spare civilians. Overall I support this war fully and our troops and leaders. I feel I can come here and share my doubts and concerns in this "friendly" forum. I must have missed the rule where it says we cannot question the political or military tactics of our government.

[hotpotato]

Agreed. While it is sad and frustrating to lose our soldiers, this is war and that's part of war and currently, the loss when compared to Iraqi loss is amazingly low (especially when you take into consideration those losses due to accidents and a traitor). While there will always be those in a platoon that won't like the way things are being run, I think our boys are handling it, in the word of General Franks, "magnificently!" I do think this 24-hour coverage is getting to a lot of people. Some folks don't appreciate that Iraq is a big place with hundreds of thousands of defenders. This was never going to be a cake walk.