Encouraging the enemy to pop his head up long enough for our guys to empty the brain cavity is different from instilling the hope that any given American death could the one that causes us to turn tail and run.

I'd agree that Iraq has been raped, but clearly--to anyone with at least minimal perception--the perpetrators were Saddam, his sons and his followers.

Whatever you thought of the war itself, our people are in Iraq now to rebuild a society that was shattered long, long ago. They're defending freedom from a band of butchers who'd willingly commit any crime to return the Iraqi people to subjugation. To offer hope of victory to the enemy now is more than a crime against American soldiers, it's a hideous crime against Iraq.