Thank god for private schools after this sort of thing.... my whole stand is, when the govt starts providing my kids with all the things they will need in life, so that i dont have too (cold day in hell there) then they can start making decisions on how to raise my children, my choice to have kids, my money and time to raise them, my decision on when and how they will learn certain things.

Besides how many folks actually listened in those sex ed classes, i know i did not, it was an easy breeze through type of class that you were guaranteed to pass, all you had to do was show up on time... Unfortunately, most kids will always learn far more than we want to from other kids, parents will always be stuck with doing "damage control"

something tells me that with there only 7 employee strong company these things dont get pumped out too quickly, and after the top gear segment, there order list probably went up

So now you have turned caring deeply for the loss of American lives, including ones son or daughter,  into something "disrespectful"?  That my friend is truly ludicrous.

No i am not, but my point is, that until the men and women started dying, the whole country to include the parents and family of loved ones lost were behind this overwhelmingly. I truly feel sorry for the families that have lost someone so far, however I do not recall the lady protesting outside of Pres Bush's ranch being there prior to his death, did you? If i missed that part please let me know

And as for have i Been there, luckliy for me I have not been to Iraq, but I have been to Afghanistan, so can i speak with full knowledge on the subject, no, no more than most folks on here

And another thing, maybe this is too cliche' for some, but with all the complaining, there is not very much action, the beauty of the country, or rather of its design is that if you dont like the way something is, you have the opportunity, after turning the merry old age of 35 and run for president. Like i said though it may be to cliche', but hey its one way to institute change, if you have the will to do so

 But it's how our troops are dying. Pu$$& a** suicide bombers, road mines, and snipers.  

Not to reign on your train of thought too much here, but in perspective a bit, or to say that i condone anything that a terrorist would do, but death being death, the Brits probably said the same damned thing when we introduced our guerilla tactics during the revolutionary war...

I am not saying they should keep it up, far to the contrary, they honestly should all just get together and blow themselves and their compadres up, but, history tells us that anyway someone can fight, and try to gain some sort of advantage will be taken

wow never thought this was gonna get back on topic.

another thought, i think the problem is not so much that 1900 folks have died, a rather small number in comparison to other wars, but certain forms of media has found ways to romantisize war so much, and since the dawn of the press era we live in, all the news channels do is find propaganda of sorts to spread to the masses. Before vietnam, no one ever truly saw war as we do today, and with the allowing of reporters to run amuk, they only focus on the tragedys that occur, unfortunately in this country more so than most, misery loves company it seems, and not only that but it sells so well

you know from just being in the military myself, the worst thing i think that i could ever hear is

"why are our boys over there dying for nothing" or "what are we doing there"

just seems so damned disrespectful to the 1900 hundred folks that have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country. instead of supporting them and honoring them by standing behind what they believed in, and honoring them by doing such, we question everything and then run rampant trying to come up with some excuse. Same with the lady protesting the war, why would you disrespect the memory by protesting, instead of taking comfort that your child did what he felt was right. such is our country, though the folks that protect and enable free speech to go on will always somehow find themselves in this sort of predicament. or maybe it is just me, and i do feel greif that american soldiers are dying there, but honor the fact that we do not just simply sit by and let the world tailspin down the gutter...