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I'm not sure I followed the point of this editorial. It started blaming the media for not showing pictures of the dead soldiers so it could show pictures of wounded ones. It continued with phrases that were played over and over again by Republicans and President Bush, remember the yard signs that read "I Support our Troops and President Bush"? It then referenced the Museum getting stuff stolen the media covering it, and then ended blaming the Democrats in Congress for not cutting off money for the war and accepting responsibility for it.

Let's be honest about this, criticizing the Commander and Chief and the decisions he and his staff have made is not in any way relfective of how most people feel about the soldiers. People were upset that there weren't enough guards to protect things like the history of the place where life began. People were upset that the infastructure wasn't protced or restored better. But no one blamed the troops for that. People didn't even blame the troops for Abu Gharib or the Haditha incident. They blamed the situation and the decisions of the higher ups. It's the Commander and Chief who chose to protect his loyal staff instead of the soldiers who fought this war. No one was fired when soldiers were piecing humvees together with scraps from broken down humbvees, for more protection. But a soldier from my home state was given a dishonorable discharge, and sentenced to months in military prison for doing just that, and this is after he recieved some military medal, because his decisions saved lives. No one was fired when the prison was being used as an amusement park except for a soldier who served her country. No one was fired when our commander and chief sent our soldiers into a war under manned, under equipped for under justified reasons.