It's too bad his superiors put the kill on his comments feature. This guy is a professional, and should be well able to take care of himself and the military's interests.

I fail to see the logic in their action. Do they somehow limit the ability of soldiers to read and react to similar material on other sites?

A point that deserves an answer. Folks were putting too much personal info in the comments as far as where loved ones were located, their jobs, etc. While I could remove it if I was online, some pretty detailed stuff was staying up for hours at a time.

A second worry was some sick-type using the info to call in a fake kidnapping.

I'll be quoting dissenting views for discussion as much as possible. The link above is the 1st example of that.

Duly noted.

I can see where that might cause problems. In fact, I know two people who are serving there right now, but I purposely avoided mentioning them for the same reason you cite. I felt some discomfort with the idea of others' openness.

I thought it might have been me, since I don't recall seeing any other comments that were critical of Mr. Bush and his cohorts as mine were. My moment of self-importance has vanished.

I do maintain my position that the Bush administration started something that you guys will have to finish, so good luck, be careful, and try to help bring this situation to a conclusion that refelects well on us and benefits all mankind.