Freak - funny man you. Ducky - sometimes I am. ------------------------------------------- Well I read a lot of the posts that were written and I wanted to say a few things myself. I am not Anti-War but I wanted to say that there are a two thousand american's that will never see the sun on their face again. It's one of the things that makes you think as you hear some of the briefs or meetings I go to everyday. I am up in Kurdishstan and the Persmerga (sp?) were fighting Saddam's regime for 30 to 35 years. They are by far the most efficient military force in Iraq and they have my deepest respects. The area I am in rarely gets attacked at all for a plethora of reasons, mainly the Persmerga know what they are doing. They've got check points and if any Iraqi not a Kurd goes through a series of inspections before they even let them within the city limits of Irbil (Erbil, Arbil). For the rest of this country, it's IED, VBIED attacks, mortar attacks and ambushes. These are rampant in the central part of the country, and a lot of the Iraqi's have now taken it into their heads to slowly move against those who are doing this. From 2003 to present time, the U.S. has worked hard to make this country grow economically and politically, which sad to say is a hard war to win. But as it stands, they're slowly getting on their own two feet. Now I don't condone a lot of what I've seen and read, heard and watched. You all have valid points and the Bush administration has had a great many faults, which were because some people were very anxious for a war. Lies and deception are an amazing tool to use against a country worried about terrorist attacks. As it is, this last deployment I didn't even want to PARTICIPATE in. As I stated, three deployments. Feb 03 - Jul 03 Feb 04 - Jul 04 Nov 05 - Oct/Nov 06 If anything I keep coming back to my 'home away from home' again and again. Now I am a married man and I can say that being apart from my own wife and how things are, my mind is a bit unhinged. Hehe, always knew I was crazy. As it stands, I like the views represented by all of you. It's interesting to see what everyone will dredge out of the news media, here is one major thing to know: Never believe everything the media says on T.V. There is a bigger picture usually. Like here is one for you.. Remember the Jessica ... Lynch? Issue? Her rescue? They said on FoxNEWS, Marines Special Forces (i.e. - 5th Special Forces Group helped coordinate the rescue with I MEF) ... there is no Marines Special Forces. We all had a good laugh when they said that on the News that day. So just a little military insight. Have a great day