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DanI think that too many of you and other civilians are spending too much time watching tv or reading a paper and not enough time in the desert where it is really going on. To see for yourself, not take someone elses word for it. Peter, you don't have a clue, not one clue and frankly, you make me sick.
I have been there, TWICE, we are making a difference.
Our boys are fighting for a good cause, do not ever doubt that. The people of places like Iraq lived in total fear of the regime and the women and children especially had NO rights, none at all. These people are barbarians in many ways and could simply murder for the fun of it. Look at what Sadaams son did to the Iraq National Soccer team and other Olympic athletes, he had them murdered, their families murdered, the women raped, then murdered...
Small story - one day when we first arrived in Baghdad, we found a group of small children who were waiving like crazy at us, so we went over to see what they were doing and discovered that their parents had been murdered by some local supporters of the previous regime. The children were not really sad, it was very strange, but it was almost natural to them to see such a thing. Explain that!
One of the guys in our group had a bear that his daughter sent him, he gave it to the the smallest child. The translator said that the little girl had NEVER had a dolly or bear in her life.
Us getting some rest! It is a far cry from your tv set or sofa where you safely read all the garbage that is printed about this war.
