Quote Originally Posted by pnance
The media tends to sensationalize things or focus only on the bad or most dramatic, in other words what gives the best ratings. They have some basis but a lot of times makes it worse than what it is. That said I think the best way to make an informed opinion is to listen to both sides with an open mind. Hard to do but if you go into a conversation willing to actually listen, while you may not agree with someone you may at least understand their point of view. Who knows they may bring up some points you hadn't thought of.

That's not to say I support Bush or the war in Iraq, far from it in fact. I do however greatly respect the troops for doing a job that I doubt I could do. I'm in San Diego and many of the troops stationed in Iraq are based here. I don't think anyone could hear the stories from the families of these troups and not respect the sacrifices their making whether you support the war or not.
I agree with you. My brother's base was in San Diego... I forget what the base was called.