Why not pull out? so there's a bit of collateral damage after the fact too.......its just the cost of doing business, no problem.....never bothered the US and the UK when it went into Iraq and never seemed to bother the US when they pulled out of South Vietnam either. Did anyone really believe at the outset that this was some sort of video game you could turn off and walk away from, no harm done?

despite my tirade Guest, I am truly sorry that your nephew might be put in harm's way again, its one of the reasons I get so damned angry.