[Burkeman1]

No. I don't know any trooper in Iraq even indirectly.

Yes- I think I have read enough to know what they put with daily- in this season: extreme heat, boredom, homesickness, stress, fatigue, frustration, and depression.

And yes, I do care. Perhaps you should review a few threads on FR in which armchair warriors have called our troops in Iraq "whiners" and "complainers" and even insulted the wives and families of those fallen or wounded in Iraq for questioning this war.

[waRNmother.armyboots]

I've read about enough from you. People on FR questioned the troops and the families going to the media with complaints or questioning of the war because it acts to give assistance and comfort to the enemy and is demoralizing. Anyone who has been in the military long enough or through a war (read Korea or Vietnam) should know this.