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thank you Brenda its people like you the reason this country exists today there is no shame in being patriotic

And the WestBoro Baptist Church said: "Thank God..."

crafty,

did you see the ANTI-WAR FOX11 story last night? Another example of FOX11 obsessive coverage. Nothing Fair and Balanced about it at all. And the same culprits, as usual. Christine Devine, Gigi Graciette, and I'll assume Jay Kumar wet his pants over this one. They even had an interview with a woman named Vicki Castro, the west coast version of Cindy Sheehan? FOX11 should have taped her with the ANSWERLA.ORG banners flying behind her during the rallies, but of course, they INTENTIONALLY omitted those clips on file. The thing is to me, NOT ONE image of anybody who might think differently from Ms. Castro or the FOX11 spokesholes. Another example why FOX11 spokesholes cannot be taken seriously as HONEST BROKERS OF TRUTHFUL INFORMATION to the public. Although J. Schwada has gone out on a limb to expose what we've known for at least 20 years now, that the SANCTUARY CITY policies allow Americans to be unecessarily KILLED on American soil by Illegal Aliens. We'll see if he's around much longer.

Craftyguy -

You claim to support the troops, but only as long as they keep dying for the highly flawed reasoning that you still support. Do you have children or family members in this War? I doubt it.

If this War is so worth fighting, why aren't we having a draft? Because you and I both know that if middle class kids from suburbs like OC were forced to fight in this war, it would be over tomorrow. As long as the group of people suffering the consequences don't have much in say of elections, the war keeps going.

Why do only 6% of Americans that have family in the military carry the burden so overwhelmingly?

You do not believe in patriotism Craftyguy. You believe in nationalism and militarism. True patriots love their country, and want to see it serve as fair, prosperous, democratic, and a moral beacon for the world.

"...Sad to say, the marriage of militarism and patriotism makes it so much easier for US presidents to gain quick -- but not necessarily durable -- popularity, and so much easier for them to lead the nation into wars of aggression that serve no interests other than their own. Sooner or later, one hopes, Americans will rediscover -- as they have in the past -- that they cannot live on flag-waving alone. They will begin to drift off into reality. They will confront the economic irrationalities and global aggrandizement of a system that provides them with endless militaristic circuses while denying them the bread of prosperity and their right as democratic citizens to live in peace with justice."

http://www.swans.com/library/art10/iraq/par

first of all my oldest son is in the navy and was on one of the first ships the day the war broke out he has since reenlisted and is going back maybe and i for one couldn't be more proud of him unlike liberal cowards such as yourself he is doing what he is asked by his country as are all the brave men and women in this war and they do so with pride guts and honor something you know nothing about as you sit and write negative things about them and the only reason you can do it is because those brave men and women sacrificed for you the ones who benefit the most ..you hide behind them and their sacrifices ..you sir are a coward..many of the men women and children in Iraq are alive and free today because of our military a horrible dictator is dead ..no I'm confusing nationalism with patriotism ..you don't have either one..

if we pull our troops out now we would be sentencing the Iraqi people to death not withstanding the Iranian influence it would only be matter of time before we were back anyway and this time in a bigger quagmire then we are right now so why don't we win this thing ..instead of looking like cowards in the face of our enemies like both Clinton and Obama want ..i agree with everyone who is against this war ..but we are in it we are there lets finish it..by pulling out we are only prolonging the inevitable..so while we are there how about some support the the ones fighting instead of aiding the enemy by letting them know we don't want to be there ..

hello craftyguy. I love and respect anyone who knows what they feel and believe.
Brenda bff! That is what we should always do and need too. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS. Some do so much and then keep it quiet some do nothing and can't SHUT UP!
Jay Kumar were you around when there was a Draft? Ever been drafted? Ever support THE TROOPS in anyway? I was sicjk to see that they were just waiting to be the first to announce the death of 4000 Soldiers. Sick people huh?

And who do you exactly consider the "enemy?" Is it the large Sunni militias we're paying money not fire at our troops, or the brutal Shiite Sadr who just extended a cease fire, or the vast pool of civilians that make up the insurgency?

And this argument that pulling the troops out now would be a death sentence for the Iraqis. How much worse can it get for the Iraqis we profess to care so much about? Iraq as a nation doesn't really exist anymore. The reason things have calmed down is that the country has already experienced a massive defacto Civil War - with some studies having the Iraqi death toll as high a 1 million... with 2 million refugees who have already fled the country.

The Administration has no plans for how to run this War, they just want to pass it on to the next President - the reason being that if we pull out, it will be a monumental political disaster for the GOP in the Fall, more so than it already is. Isn't that glaringly obvious to everyone at this point?

"...The Green Zone was subjected to repeated mortar and rocket attacks on Sunday, which wounded 1 American and 4 others inside, and killed at least a dozen on its edges (because those firing them were bad shots). The Green Zone is where the US Embassy and major Iraqi government buildings are. It had been a little safer recently, or at least the Pentagon was peddling that line to CNN during last week's commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the war (see the CNN piece below). It is a measure of how the war objectives keep being defined down, that for the Green Zone to be relatively safe was trumpeted as an accomplishment. The "green zone" was always supposed to be safe, since it was heavily guarded and surrounded by blast walls. I take it that the US ceasefire with the Mahdi Army has actually broken down, in part because the US army and its Iraqi allies keep arresting commanders of the Mahdi Army. The Bush administration attitude has been, that's not a truce, that's an opportunity to make a bust." - Dr. Juan Cole
Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History in the History Department - University of Michigan.

http://www.juancole.com/2008/03/4000-us-troops-dead-nea
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J Kumar I am no Pro war,, you may call me sunny pro TROOPS if you need to call names!
Is that you holding that baby? Is that your child? Who do you think made America safe for that child?

OUR TROOPS DID !

God Bless our Troops!