Source:Captain Gregory Wingard, 39, at the 1st Infantry Division's Camp Warhorse near Baquba, north of Baghdad:
"It sucks. The newspapers glorify it. Everyday, reporting the numbers going up and up, trying to push a point. Sad as it is for those 1,000 families and their friends, they're nothing to the number of Iraqis that get killed trying to defend their own families. I'm nervous, sure, because you don't know. When I lay down on my rack for the first 10 minutes I'm listening for mortars."
Sergeant Kimberly Snow, 35, from Ohio:
"There's one word you have to push back at them. Gettsburg: 63,000 killed in a single day
National Guard Major Tony Quinn, from North Carolina:
"If 1,000 died today, that'd be pretty significant, but its just another number."
Captain Michael Adams, 37, from Oregon:
"Every single soldier knows the risk. You do the best you can with your day and don't think about it. If I was to get killed tomorrow by an IED, I would not regret coming over here. Six months ago people were afraid of their own shadow. Now I've seen kids playing in the park, farmers are out working. Now they can have a chance at rebuilding their country."
Specialist Robert Bybee, 21, deployed in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit:
Obviously when you loose people, its a tragic time. But you don't loose morale. It strengthens your resolve."
Our fighting men and women are strong and steadfast. Are you?
John Kerry Delenda Est!
