Michele honey, this is a great thread.
I am frightened too. I have a nephew in Baghdad, and my best friend's two sons (19 & 21) joined the Marines last year. My friend is so scared she keeps having hypertension attacks, and her doc can't keep her pressure down. It's awful.
I hope to everything that may be holy that the citizens of the US will unite and say NO WAY! WE cannot be the police for the whole world. We need to take care of our OWN!! Think of all the MONEY we are spending on this!! If only we could take HALF of it and use it to feed, medicate, and educate our people!!! THEN we would be a super power again!!
Sigh... ok, off my soapbox now... Sorry, Michele...
