[Pat]

i agree with you 100% that it is a soldier's job to be put in harm's way. however, why are soldiers dying if it's unnecessary?

so here's what happened:

1. we were told saddam had WMD's and was going to use them on us if we didn't act quick
2. we went to war
3. we took over iraq real quick
4. we still to this day have not found any WMD's, in fact we now have reports that say saddam disarmed when we asked him to.
5. bush changes his tune.

bottom line: BUSH LIED. it's that simple.

and since he lied about it, the loss of soldier's lives, which may pale in comparison to past wars, is completely unnecessary. how would you feel if your brother or cousin died in iraq?

and do you really think that we'll be able to stabilize any country in the middle east in our lifetime?