Last week, troops complained to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about extended deployments and poor equipment. What do you think?

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  The inability to leave a war zone and lack of safety are the two exact reasons I decided not to join the military.

  Joy Parks
  Systems Analyst

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  I'm so confused. In times of war, should I support the troops or the president?

  Neil Dawson
  Farmworker

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  Don't they know about the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on the 'when do we get to go home?' question?

  Dustin O'Brien
  Fire Fighter

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  If those troops keep griping and grousing, I don't think they're going to be named Time's Person of the Year again any time soon.

  Lewis Richards
  Lab Supervisor

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  Years from now, our troops will look back at the war in Iraq and wonder why they haven't been allowed to go home yet.

  Clinton Rhodes
  Film Editor

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  Man, all the troops do these days is bitch, bitch, die unnecessarily, and bitch.

  Heidi Williamson
  Teacher