Reply #17: Just think about the condition of the US troops over there.

[Dhalgren]

They have been couped up, some for 12 - 15 months, they're tired, disspirited, they have been shot at and blown-up for all the time over there, they have no breaks and are probably stretched to their limits - then they are pushed into a shit-storm. I don't see how they are holding up as well as they are. These young soldiers and NG (clerks, real-estate agents, teachers, small-town cops) need to be gotten out of there. Some one needs to save them before it's too late.