Ivan Marsh wrote:

I'm about half way through Douglas Feith's new book, "War and
Decision." Feith was Undersecretary of Defense for Policy during the
first six years of the Bush administration and the #3 man in the
Pentagon. He discusses the events and policies that led up to the
war in Iraq. Here's one revelation:

Capturing Ben Laden was NEVER a goal of the United States. Capturing
and "bringing to justice" is a crime control concept, not an
anti-terror concept. The number one goal of the war on terror, from
the beginning, was to prevent another attack on U.S. interests. This
could be accomplished by disrupting or destroying the terrorist's
funding, communication, membership, chain-of-command, training
facilities, logistical support, and so on.

To that end, there has not been a successful terrorist attack
against the United States or U.S. interests anywhere in the world
for five years. Not one.

Now they're just killing members of our military directly.

Well, yeah. Some. But that's the chance our volunteers took when they signed
up for the opportunity to wreak havoc. Interestingly, 85% of those who
served a tour in Iraq or Afghanistan re-enlisted when their enlistment
anniversary arrived.. Just last week, the 1st Infantry Division, now on its
THIRD tour of duty in Iraq, reported it met its annual re-enlistment goal in
the first six months of the fiscal year!

Our troops WANT to be there, they NEED to be there, they ENJOY being there!
We need to support our troops by continuing to provide them with the
opportunity to kill people and blow **** up. Hoo-Rah!