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that according to news reports in the UK, they found the passport of one of the bombers in a pile of rubbel unscathed?

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My two cents:

First, a matter of semantics. We are not currently at war, we are in the occupation/nation building stage in both Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Secondly, opposistion to this, "war" seems more politically motivated than from pure altruism. Every anti war statement thrown out by such orginizations as MOVEON.ORG and others have been invalidated. From the "No blood for oil," to the, "We're ignoring the members of the axis of evil." I mean honestly, look at it this way, both Afghanistan and Iraq share large borders with Iran. Maybe it's just me, but I do see some strategic significance to selecting these two nations. And as for the majority of Iraqi's wanting the US out immediately, I can speak from personal experience that I was well recieved, and in fact thanked by many shiia back in 03.
Lastly, the human toll of occupation. While any death is a tragedy, the fact remains that we are an all volunteer force, so when I raised my right hand to take the oath of enlistment I had a reasonable expectation to someday be placed in harms way. Since 3/19/2003, there have been 1,397 US casualties attributed to hostile action. Tragic yes, but a compelling reason to abandon the mission in Iraq it is not. In 2003 alone, there were 361 homicides reported in Detroit. And let us not forget US casualties along the Korean DMZ since the signing of the armistice.