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Exactly, the only insight I have on the middle east comes from a marine friend of mine who was involved in the initial assualt on fallujah. he does not like Bush at all, but even he has said the liberal (keep in mind he is a liberal) media never shows all the good our soldiers have done over there and they are not going to because it doesn't fit their agenda! He does not want to go back but he said he knows he did good while he was there! I have a long family lineage of people who have served in just about every war since the revolution! I am so proud of them and so proud of our fighting men and women! Which includes my husband as he was a Coastie who apprehended a known terrorist who was trying to enter our country through the port of VA! It appalls me the way some of the Americans who claim to "know" what is going on there treat soldiers! My husband, who like I said was US Coast Guard, actually had protestors at his base in Oregon and they jumped on his car and were shouting all kinds of profanities at him because he was in uniform heading to work. They were anti-war protestors, this happend back in maybe 2002. He knew what was going on for crying out loud he was at basic training for the CG right across the river from the twin towers when they were attacked! He vividly remembers seeing the smoke and hearing all the stories and seeing, eventually, the things that happend that day! So when Americans do something like this to a man or woman serving their country it is horrible! Not to mention they were at a COAST GUARD base which has very few members of its ranks in Iraq, since for them it is usually a volunteer basis that they go there! US Coast Guard's major job is protecting our coast lines so these people were either very confused or very stupid! You can take your pick there!