I think you should be concerned about the continued guerilla tactics and terrorism in Iraq. I think it makes sense to move faster on setting up an Iraqi internal defense force, bringing in additional international forces to help set it up.
However, make sure you understand that the hostilities today are limited to the Baath Belt; the Kurds in the North are strongly supportive of us and the Shi'ites in the South continue to be supportive.
As a vet from DS I and having trained and deployed in desert and equatorial climates, I can tell you your concern about the heat is entirely misplaced.
1) They are not kids, they are pros and all are volunteers.
2) Granted, the heat is bad, but they know how to deal with it.
3) This is a war. . You NEVER are able to seperate all of the sheep from the goats. Goes with the territoy.
4) The 60 + troops we have had killed since 01 May have NT all been assasinated by locals. Some have died in accidents, which does not make it good, or them any less dead, but DOES mean that the bad guys are not as effective as we are being made to think. Lot more dead Bad Guys.
5) This is NOTHING like the 600 troops killed EVERY WEEK during Viietnam.
6) We are having some difficulty due to sabateurs and "werewolves", but we are still taking more names and kicking more butt than not.
7) I Saddam HAD WMDs, and I really believe we have found some and are sitting on the information, possibly for tactical purposes.
8) Sadam and his regime were just plain Evil, and were a threat to the entire region and to us. He SAID he would get us if he could, more than once.
File this under "preemptive strike"..
Freegards!
Tia