I'll tell you why. Because we GOT HERE / found this EXACT THREAD via our internet access. I was doing Google searches for a particular war news story (maybe POWs or something), and one of the top 3-4 hits for my search was THIS EXACT THREAD. Not the website home page, but this thread. I liked what I read, because it was pertinent, so I STAYED HERE, even though I continued to explore all those other sites you mentioned. I have over 50 war-related websites bookmarked. But I like this one the BEST. I had no idea there were OTHER resources on the FR website that were more exclusively news; not until a Freeper told me about it. Once I found those news-only resources, I had everything I needed - news AND witty repartee'. (sp?)