I happen to believe that the type of intense political discussion that we have been having here is extremely healthy for a free, democratic society like the U.S. And I appreciate hearing from people in other countries, their viewpoints add to the total information resource by letting me know what "the street" is saying in other places, sometimes better than official news sources. I listen to NPR, (BBC, Arab news, plus all Centcom releases), conservative talk radio, watch NBC news, plus read a couple of papers a day and surf the net news sources. I am trying to keep an open mind, plus keep up with the war including behind the scenes.
I am extremely concerned about the American POWs, how will we get them back? When I saw those faces on the film clip, it broke my heart completely. They are good people, like Leland and the other service people on the board here. This is why some of us are against this war, not because we are cowards, (at least speaking for myself, I believe that my life is not so special and certain things are worth dying for if neccesary), but we believe that when you consider the real cost of war it should only be used when ALL other options have been exhausted. We can disagree on whether that was the case this time I guess, but I certainly hope for the safety of our military personnel and minimum loss of life in total. I also feel for the average Joes and Janes of Iraq, (not the ruling people and R. guard), we sure are lucky that we don't live there.
