Puckstop31 wrote : It is sad though that we are our own worst enemy.

And that is exactly the way it has become.....the IN thing to do !!!!
Just like in SVN before this war, public opinion....swayed by a power hungry media has managed to almost make the US lose any credibility they have left.
These so called terrorists have been nibbling away at your boundaries for years....not because you are in Iraq or anywhere else for that matter.....they simply just want to have a go at you.....they HATE you folks.
So when is the penny going to drop ???? When they knock on your front door ???? Ohhhhhhhh......ok.....that won't happen....right ??? I mean who would EVER think that could happen in the USA.
Do a little bit of waking up to yourselves folks....turn off the TV, throw the rules of engagement in the bin where it belongs, and allow the soldiers to do what they do best !!!!!
Wombat