I'm very pro military. My father was career military and gave me a life most would envy through that career. He fought in two wars -- WWII and Korea. My brother did three tours in Vietnam. Not because he believed in the war, he didn't. He simply felt that if he was there he could save the lives of some of the men under him, some that would die following other men. I'm sure if he were still alive and young enough to serve, he would have jumped into the fray in Iraq as well and probably with the same hatred of war he had in Nam.

I'm with Sam. We needed to be in Afghanistan. More importantly, we should have traveled right into Pakistan when al Queda kept right on moving. It might have made sense to attack much of Northern Africa since they did and do in fact have several al Queda and their ilk training camps.

Going to Iraq made no sense. It was obvious to many that there were no WMD there and much quicker to most than it was to our fearless leaders. The only reason I could ever come up with for us to be there was it was a way to get some oil fields at the cost of our troops. That, to me, is an obscene reason to be in a war. It's like stealing candy from a baby but you have to kill some youths to get that candy.

As to where will we get the troops if we go fight in South America, well, maybe it's time for the draft to come back.

Bless our troops -- all the men and women who serve our country. Damn the leaders who send them into harm's way with no good reason.