ArmyWife09 -- Thank you for the first sensible comment all morning! It's easy for the cowards to stay home and take for granted that Phoenix hasn't been attacked yet because terrorists are otherwise occupied trying to save their own butts in their own country. It's quite possible our troops have killed a few of the terrorists that were destined to strike here in America but thankfully never got the chance. Semper Fi ArmyWife you have as tough a job as your husband and your sacrifice is appreciated.

You people need to show some respect for our soldiers, they are doing what they are told, they are making a difference, this is a going away ceremony for them honoring their bravery. My husband is among those 18 soldiers going and he is my hero and his life will be in jeopardy to keep this country safe, so instead of complaining about how bad america is and how we need to stop supporting iraq, pray for the troops so they can return to their families, support them in everyway possible, and if all you have to say is negative things about how we should not be over there, make your own website dont post it on a news story about a going away ceremony of American Soldiers.

yes we should just bring them all home right now. and why are we still in the phillipines and germany? could you imagine if the germans had a base and there were german soldiers walking around metrocenter? we need to bring every soldier home thats deployed overseas. if someone gets out of line thats what jets and bombs are for. small arms fire is so 1944.

Devilsadvocate- forgive me I tend to shoot from the hip. The job is not done in Iraq until the country can stand on it's own two feet (so to speak). The same could be said for Afghanistan, General McChristal asked for more troops, but while congress & idiots like obama endanger the lives of our young soldiers by not sending what is requested when asked, I think they just ought to just bring them all home right now & let the talliban have it. We are there so groups like that don't establish a stronghold, & gain resources to attack us with. But with one hand tied behind our back(Geneva Convention, UN) It's going to take twice as long to accomplish objective & cost more lives. Thank you obama, for constantly pandering to your clueless liberal constituents.

you guys hurry up and get back home damnit

I agree with all ya dumb nuts for once. Whats the deal with pulling out our supply of good strong young Americnas, to go off and teach fighting to people who dont speak our language and dont give a crap whats going on in their own politics. Fighting for what, so the rich get richer on oil and other resources? These countries must have very high numbers of retarded folks, they cannot fix their own governments. We Americans are getting treated just like we are retards, the problem is, we became unaffective AT ALL under the Obamanation rule. He bare faced lied in the media, the whole country heard his promise to pull our troops out of the butchering and killing fields, why did he succum? Where did the pressure come from? Just supposing the terrorists get in our cities finally, we certainly will and can deal with them, we out number them, we have more resources, we got monkey bars, and hike rugged terrains all the time, why treat us like invalids? I dont know any cowerdly American who couldnt break a terrorists neck in two seconds. Just dont dare take our guns away. Obama cannot solve a thing, so far he is driving nails into our dying jobs, economy and financial caskets, and our traditions, while the rich are getting richer, and laughing while force feeding us the H1N1 vaccines up our noses.

trucker I have nothing but respect for our troops, it is our two faced government I am disgusted at.... I never said anything ill about the troops in my previous post.... b*tch

You three pussies are welcome.

These people are stupid. Just more pawns that have believed another idiot recruiters lies. I thought obama was pulling troops from the middle east. Another broken promise, what else is new? America sucks.

lets put our people at risk so that another country can benefit while we drain our fiscal resources.