Soldiers tired, bitter, skeptical

This article is yet another in what seems like a never-ending stream of bad news coming from Iraq. And the bad news is all the same: U.S. soldiers are tired, bitter, and skeptical. As you willl read in the article, many feel that Iraq is not worth losing even one more U.S. soldier.

Every single empire has failed throughout history: Alexander the Great's, Egypt and the Pharoahs, the Roman Empire, the Soviet Union, the British Empire, etc. Let's shut down the 739 U.S. military bases around the world and end our empire now. Let Americans be free to trade with the rest of the world. Nothing promotes friendliness between nations as much as free trade.