Just to clarify, I'm not arguing that terrible things aren't happening in Iraq...just wondering why that's all that makes the evening news? Where are the stories about kids going back to school, torture chambers being destroyed, water/electricity/food/medicine flowing into regions that have never had those resources before?

There is definitely an inbalance in reporting going on over there, with the bias falling heavily on the anti-Bush policy side. I would like to see a range of news from the region, covering all aspects of what's going on.

As for the US soldiers' deaths, clearly the war is not over and Bush should never have declared major combat operations over...tell that to the GIs who are getting zapped out of their Humvees. If I were calling the shot, the B-52s would still be pulverizing the bad guys.

I agree, it's our mess and we need to clean it up, but why aren't we putting more pressure on the Iraqi people we freed to help? We're clearly not getting any support from the rest of the world. Can't they help crack down and deter the anti-coalition groups who are still targeting coalition forces?

Maybe they are...and we just don't know it.

As for the last comment, it's almost laughable (where did you find it?). In war, you're supposed to kill people...and you accomplish that by assaulting them. Fuzzy logic, I know.

CONGRATS TO FAVI AND JOSH!