>>And in my neighborhood they put up the American flag, tie ribbons on the trees and put stickers supporting the troops on their cars. Go figure.
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>I think you are confusing support for the troops with support for a war that few people in this country wanted or wants.
>There was never in this decade non-support for the troops. But they have no say in where thery are sent. BTW, we passed the 2100 mark today.
>In case you haven't noticed.


Not confused at all. I have noticed. As well as the condescending attitude. Did you think there wouldn't be casualties? What were your posts when war was declared? This is probably the only time I wish I had kept my PUTM active so I could search to find out. It's easy to judge with hindsight. Really no effort at all.

>"The insurgency in Iraq is 'in the last throes'" -- Dick Cheney, May 2005

Ok. I've never liked Cheney to begin with, but I'm sure with the information he had at the time, he felt that was true. Seems like I remember Kerry supporting the war as well. Where is he anyway? That's right. So what. Doesn't matter. We all work with what we know at the time.