Mash, no worries. I don't take Crockett's remarks as anything to do with Thomas. If it's something that makes America look bad Crockett seems to revel in it. That's why Viking comes to his defense. One America hater taking up for another. Viking I can understand, he just hates America, he doesn't have the self control to do anything else. Crockett I'll never understand his glee in trying and blacken the American eye every chance he gets.
The point being missed here though is. There are a lot of brave Iraqi soldiers and policemen who have been killed in this war. Even if they were Iraqi Army recruits, and even if they do look absurd. At least they're doing something, they're taking a stand. That takes a lot more character and guts, than belittling their efforts and then trying to pass it off as humor.