In regards to the orgy of media coverage of the whole affair, I am against it. I do believe that showing the pictures to the Iraqi citizens was necessary. They had to have some degree of closure to the nightmare that has befallen them at the hands of these two thugs. They lived in such fear that many still cannot believe that they are gone.

But do I think that the news media in this country had to go to such lengths to dissect and exploit the coverage to up their ratings? No I do not. The restaint the media showed in not visibly drooling at showing the pictures over and over was feeble at best. Tabloid journalism at its worst.

That being said, I am a veteran. I know what our troops are going through over there. And I support them 1000%! There cause is just and their resolve is stronger than you can imagine. Saddam's regime HAD to be removed for the good of the Iraqi people, for the mid-east region and the world as a whole. This is a regime that has an undisputed history of attacking other countries, of supporting terrorism, of killing its own citizens, of mocking every peaceful attempt to make them comply with UN resolutions, and reveled in its own brutality.

I have been disheartened by peoples claims that no great show of evidence has been brought forth of Saddams WMDs. Was there ever any doubt of this? He used them on his own people! Every weapons inspector in Iraq knew he had them. They saw them. They watched as he repeatedly denied them access to the sites where they thought they were hidden. It doesn't take much to figure out what he was hiding. Then he expelled them from the country when they became too much of a bother to him.

President Clinton believed he had WMDs so strongly he ordered several missle strikes against Iraq. But now, it's unbelievable to Bush's opponants that Saddam had WMD because he said 16 words in a speech? Crimony!

Lest we not forget that this was not even the ONLY arguement for use of force. We must also remember that Saddam also brutalized his own people, threatened the security of the region, ignored UN mandate for 12 years, refused diplomatic measures, supported terrorism, stole food and medical supplies from his people that was meant for them under the food for oil program, used hospitals, mosques and schools as military storage and bunkers....and on and on.

Do not greive or be disheartened by the death of Uday and Qusay. They were murderers, rapists, torturers, kidnappers and sadists. They opened fire on our troops. They tried to kill us and we responded appropriately in response. I was appalled when I heard people on the news stating "well, we should have just captured them"! These are people that I guarantee you have never been shot at! That is not the way a firefight works. I know that each and every one of the troops there would have preferred a peacefull capture of them also. But Saddam's boys chose their path. Justice has been served.