. . . who suddenly finds that he has to start defending himself to the best of his ability?

Now, don't you think that hole you're so busy digging is just about deep enough? Come on up out of there and stop this silliness.

We have several thousand troops in Iraq today, each damned sure that nobody here gives a damn about them, mainly because of threats to cut funding, not to mention all the erroneous comparisons they hear between the Battle for Iraq and the Vietnam War.

I think it's about time we got off their back and just let them get the job done. They were trained for it and, like it or not, getting the job done is exactly why we kept them around for so long.

Dan