At last, the voice of reason. Doesn't surprise me that it is my old cyber friend Wolfgang.

As usual, I hear many voices that have never experienced the kind of gut wrenching terror that is pitched combat. They lack the ability to put themselves in the mind of a 20 year old terrified kid who is watching death all around him, and wonder if he will live long enough to try and recapture his or her lost youth.

It is disengenous to suggest that many here don't take every opportunity to castigate the US, but forget about mass gassings, beheadings of aid workers, weapons stores in holy places, and using civilian human shields. I don't care how you cut it, the simple facts are that these "freedom fighters" are trying to preserve a way of life that was oppressive and murderous in the same way that the Nazi's were.

As usual, I hear the voices of those that are so lost in partisanship that they can't see that we are creating more terrorists than we are killing. I hear voices that have forgotten the old American ideal of service with honor. These voices will alibi any behaviour on the pretext that these people do far worse. You have forgotten that one of the things that made America different in the world was our willingness to fight evil without becoming evil. No matter how you cut it, it is wrong, it is sinful, to shoot an unarmed, wounded combatant. And spare your talk about being a liberal apologists. There are a few, but very few, among you that can match your experiences with mine.

It is a time for reason. And intellectual honesty. I see that in Wolfgang. I see it in some of you.

Mick