Well, attacks on a personal level aside. The fact that two of our men in uniform who were basically just kids, were tortured to death according to what I have heard; the reports have been mild to save the families the knowledge of what horrific things were done to them. The reports I heard alluded to some of what was done but didn't come right out & say it.
The "insurgency" is just what it is said to be, a mix of foriegn terrorists following their jihad & Iraqis who do not have a love for the U.S. because of the first & second gulf wars....& some of them may be jihadists too.
I.M.H.O. the Iraqi insurgents are doing what I would do too if a foriegn power invaded my country. Booby traps & the use of improvised munitions against the U.S. military assets & the Iraqi forces that stand side by side with the U.S. forces.
Some of the insurgents are not these Iraqis who have a legit fight with the U.S. forces; they are the torturing, murdering, foriegn jihadists who have snuck in country to get their chance to die for allah & our forces should have a free hand to level whatever & whoever is in the way, innocent or not, this is war.
2,500 dead personel is a drop in the bucket, I feel for the families of the dead, but our losses have been slight & wouldn't even raise an eyebrow to a country who had the intestinal fortitude to fight a protracted war, & I am proud to say, most Americans understand this & are willing to stay the course. These men volunteered for duty in the armed military forces of the United States of America & knew exactly what that meant, the chance of dying in combat.
I salute & praise every dead American serviceman & their families & I hope they will believe me when I say I support them, I support their choice to die for their country with honor, I would have preffered they were killed in a stand-up fight rather than being tortured to death, but dead they are none-the-less. Apparently one of the three saw what was coming & had to be shot dead on the spot, I also individually salute his bravery & his understanding of the situation; he went down with a roar swinging & as an American, that is expected, we don't field cowards as long as we can keep the liberal left wing socialists out of the military.
Any of you who find it just, right or funny that my countrymen are dead are no friends of mine & I would not even stop to say hello to you if we were to meet. In fact I would cough up a welcome to you & leave it dripping off your face.
