just a thought....if we never went to iraq, what are the chances saddam would have successfully been able to pull of an attack on our soil since 9-11?
Politically, I realize the ramifications of the war, and do not wish to debate that, but for one to look at the 4000 as a waste....I can only say you really have no idea what you are talking about...the Global War on Terror is real, and our involvement is vital, if want to blame someone for the 4000 deaths, you have to blame binladen and his gang...if they hadn't done what they did.........need I say more?

And for those that like statistics, look up how many murders have taken place in the past 5 years in houston, detroit, DC, Philly, Balt, and Chicago...which one is higher? And that is just 6 cities.
For the media to play up the death rate in Iraq is irresponsible, all it does is breed discontent from the general public who has no clue whats going in the world, and has no clue what our military is doing to PROTECT their way of life (as they think they are entitled to)
This country has a small 200+ years of history and several "life" changing events in that time, history will show that we are in the middle of one of them.
Non PROACTION on our part after 9-11 IMO would lead to a U.S.A that is worse off in the future than it will be. People need to open their eyes and think globally, just as much as our haliburtons are trying to maximize their profits at the expense of the citizen, what do you think Chavez is doing? oh and BTW, do you buy Citgo gas? even if you don't actually go to the Citgo station, do you know where the molecule of gas you put in your take originated? I bet you don't and I bet you don't want to know where it came from....

ARG!!!! this rant ended up being political....

regardless, honor those that have fallen for our freedom and leave it at that......PLEASE


EDIT: And one more note for those who breed hate and discontent...anyone born an American citizen had about a 1 in 20 chance of doing so. (going by old numbers of 250 million out of 5 billion) Thats a 5% chance of being born a citizen of the greatest nation in the history of this planet. Please think about that a second the next time you complain about ANYTHING! How bad is your life in comparison to the other 19 people born the moment you were?