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Soldiers are just civilians in uniforms...

...wearing flak jackets, driving heavily armored vehicles, and
carrying fully automatic assault rifles. Some of them even have
the ability to send 500 lb. bombs at terrorist targets.

Soldiers are aware of the job description when they sign up.
Wouldn't you rather have terrorists fighting well-armed US
combatants halfway around the world, rather than blowing up unarmed
men, women, and children in your own backyard?

Actually, the article is right. Threats are almost nonexistent. The
insurgents don't make threats. They just do the deeds.

As far as who is attacked where, I'm not picky. Soldiers can't
defend themselves against vehicles loaded with explosives unless
they see them coming, and apparently, they do NOT see them coming
most of the time. And, they don't have the armor they need, so in
effect, they're often as defenseless as if they were driving down
route 95.

With a .50 caliber mounted on your roof.

No gun helps when a car blows up next to yours, professor.


Not too many cars can get close enough when a Mark-19 is unleashed on
'em.

You really do live on another planet, don't you? Not only that, but you
never quite got past the age of 12. Have you noticed the return of
suicide bombings in Iraq, or are all those reports fabricated?


They're blowing up Iraqi men, women, and children attending weddings.
However, there's been a 35% reduction in US casualties over the last 3
months than in the 3 month period prior to that.

OK, boy. If you think that last paragraph is NOT a non-sequitur, we're
done with this.

You said there had been an increase in the number of car bombings recently.
Since the bombings are effectively targeting Iraqi civilians, why are they
relevant to a discussion about terrorist attacks against US citizens?

An increase in the number of car bombings against Iraqi wedding parties
isn't of much interest to the average American. The fact is...the US
mainland has not been attacked since 9/11, and US military casualties have
fallen 35% in the last 3 months. We're winning the war on terror.