Howdy Gandalf,

Saddam kept Iraq secular,so that he could make all the decisions and he did so,with a brutal and savage,secret police force..are you saying that such is a desirable thing for any given country ? That we should have left such in place,that we should not have rocked the boat,because islamofascists may resent us ?

At any rate-this here thread is about what happened to our soldiers in Oakland,and there's gonna be an investigation and preliminary intel is that this has happened before.

Here in Texas,we give every returning soldier, a hero's welcome..there are so many folks wanting to go to the airport to welcome them home,that they can't git everyone a chance,they have to rotate the welcoming committee's.

I think that both Oakland and San Francisco,should be boycotted and early reactions of anger,are pointing in that direction. I think that tax-payer money should be withheld from both cities,if this is gonna be their policy towards our soldiers.

Have a good one ...