washingtonpost.com - Live Online: "my son and his fellow paratroopers, in convoys armed with light cannon, heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers -- scared for good reason and with their fingers on the trigger. Or, out and about on patrol, searching dangerous neighborhoods for suspected terrorists at 3 a.m., seeing the world through night goggles with M16's at the ready -- Ambassadors of American Values.
I think they will shoot first and ask questions later. Would you want them to act otherwise? What do you think we will gain in the long run from this sort of engagement? The friendship of the Iraqi people or more recruits for al Qaeda? I think we need to disengage ASAP. "
- posted by geoff @ #