**bush/iraq - iraqi troops flee***, page-27

zarlen..that may indeed be true.

but riddle me this...

There have been "soldiers" from day one from the moment man interfaced with man

Its in our nature and no amount of social engineering touchy-feely rhetoric changes the fact that the battle rages .

If the perception is you are weak and if what you have is covetted by others....you're in for a fight.

and as I've said all along...in a world of sticks...make sure yours is the biggest.

Or fall to wayside.