Troops understand the lies. This is from an article on AOL:

[tblue37]

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/iraqi-government-executes-former/20061229140609990001

U.S. troops cheered as news of Saddam's execution appeared on television at the mess hall at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad. But some soldiers expressed doubt that Saddam's death would be a significant turning point for Iraq.

"First it was weapons of mass destruction. Then when there were none, it was that we had to find Saddam. We did that, but then it was that we had to put him on trial," said Spc. Thomas Sheck, 25, who is on his second tour in Iraq. "So now, what will be the next story they tell us to keep us over here?"

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[applegrove]

1. Wow!

[Quantess]

2. Kicked & Recommended.

:patriot:

[tblue37]

3. Thanks. (eom)

[TahitiNut]

4. Specialist Sheck can look forward to a "counseling session."

I doubt his CO is very happy with him right now.

[Nikki Stone1]

5. Yeah, I'm a little afraid for him myself

....

[tblue37]

6. When I post an article it drops like a stone. (eom)

[Sydnie]

7. But it made it to the greatest page

where people like me will see it, all the same.

Thanks for posting this. It's good that they are seeing the truth through all the bull they have been fed over the years.

[tblue37]

8. Silly me. I didn't even see it there! (eom)

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. You betcha

his CO is all but happy about that....

If that kid shows at a local watering hole though, I don't dring, but you betcha I will buy him a cold one

[Erika]

9. Why are we now in Iraq?

Why? We got rid of Saddam, dead and buried. We've been there for three years.

[Joe Chi Minh]

11. They have done for a long long time, despite the mendacious

propaganda of the troop -supporting(!) US Administration.

It was hilarious to read - what seems ages ago now - that when an officer prompted them, "You know why we're over here fighting, don't you?" Without missing a beat, as one, they hurled, "OIL!!!!" Not the answer that the officer wanted to hear.