My personal favorite though SSG, is when you try to send an email to Nancy Pelosi. She is the speaker of the house and she should be EVERYONES representative as such. But she when you email her you get an auto response saying that she doesn't accept that form of correspondence and they suggested going somewhere else to email her and when I did that, they referred me back to the office that told me they don't accept emails!! Great racket huh?? She doesn't have to listen to any one that way. Imagine, the Speaker of the House, if you will, standing there with her fingers in her ears singing la la la la la. She is happy because no one is complaining. There are no negative emails so there for everyone must be happy!! She's only two heartbeats away from the Presidency. Pretty scary don't you think???

Dear Ms. T:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). I appreciate your input on this important matter.

I share your desire for a stable and democratic Iraq and I believe the U.S. has a responsibility to support and supply our troops while they are fighting there. However, I do not believe our troops should remain there indefinitely to police a civil war. It is clear that a comprehensive political agreement among all the parties in Iraq is needed to truly stabilize the country.

Please be assured that I will take your views into consideration as Congress continues to debate the course of the war in Iraq . T hank you again for contacting me.

frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov

Michael, those war mongering Americans are the ones doing the most work to try and end this war in Iraq that the insurgents there have waged. Moreover, us leaving will not result in lesser violence since their war is against both us and their religious opponents. That includes the people of their same religion but with a different sect.

If we were to leave, that'll buy them the right amount of time to collect their weapons and plan an attack on us here in this country as well as increase crime and terror in the neighborhoods of innocent Iraqis. Making for more violence and wider sectarian rifts. The world and especially the Middle East can not afford such a tragedy.

I don't like war every bit as much as you don't, but I am willing to be rough and stand in front of the face of violence on the behalf of your freedom and safety. As are most pro-mission in Iraq citizens of this country, they do things like donate food, medicine, and equipment to these troops and Iraqis. That is how you end wars, help and do what you can to help the people in distress. So why don't you pitch in and do your part rather than playing Politics for One Upsmanship?

~People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf—George Orwell~

As for Michael, your disrespect and disdain of the General, and our Military is obvious. I know it will please you to no end to know that they will fight to protect your sorry butt as well as mine if and when the time comes. They don't discriminate between "war mongers" and dolts. As the SSG said, you would be hard pressed on this site to come up with the name of even one person who is in favor of war as a practice in general. NOT ONE.

The General, though, as you have eluded to, would technically be considered a public figure in the public domain and therefore becomes a target for people like you. But that does not give you or any one else the right to ridicule a man who has done nothing but devote his life to service in betterment of our Great Country. Let us all thank God that YOUR Freedom of Speech that allowed you to say such disgusting trash, is being protected by the troops that serve VOLUNTARILY and PROUDLY under General Petraeus. People have died so you can publicly proclaim your ignorance. Thanks for sharing!