[Zeebadee]

The bush propaganda artists have certainly learned their lessons from Vietnam. No draft, just raise the enlistment bonuses to the point where they can get the cannon fodder they need, when coupled with bush's private Blackwater army. Doesn't matter to him where the bodies come from, the taxpayers will pick up the tab anyway, so bonuses can go to whatever level needed, and the huge salaries Blackwater pays don't mean a thing.

No photos of body bags arriving home, no civilian casualty lists disclosed, embedded reporters controlled by their units, almost all the information classified. Just the random news story manages to get through.

Sheehan never had a chance to incite any of the 60's type demonstrations and protests, simply because most of the citizens are totally unaware of what exactly Iraq and Afghanistan is costing them, and even if they were, it wouldn't concern them anyway. Only when the number of disillusioned families that bought into the "war on terror" and the "fallen hero" crap become vocal and active will there be any real chance for Sheehan and her peers to have any effect.

The assholes that continue to claim that opposing this insane war is "not supporting the troops" are particularly disgusting. I have friends over there, and I don't support squandering their lives for bush's lies.

Why don't you send your condolence letter to some family that is supposed to be proud that their son or daughter died to free Fallujah? Tell them it was a good trade - America doesn't have to worry about saddam invading us now.