Übergeek 바둑이: It's odd that there is so much talk about water boarding even though it's only been used on the hardest of terrorists and only when the situation was somewhat desperate. And only three times and none since 2003. It seems to me that a great deal of though and care went into the use of this technique. It wasn't used as a matter of routine.

As for Iraq: I am troubled at the loss of life. Whenever civilians die it's sad. To be fair, the US does not blindly bomb. The US does not target civilians and is not careless when going after military targets.

When mistakes happen, it does not reflect the totality of the US armed forces. Most positive stories are never told. Only those that will help get ratings make it to prime time.

In hind sight, going into Iraq does seem to have been a mistake. With the exception that Saddam was a murderer of his own people, he wasn't more of a threat than most. But the once the US entered Iraq and was involved in the think of it, chatting about shoulds and shouldn'ts seem moot. Where do we go from here.

The US gets demonized too often. Even the current president apologizes for the US. Never mind the years of money and blood that this noble country has offered the world since it's inception.

I think that the best that can come of any of this fight against terrorism is to ask what we have learned and where do we go from here.

Time will tell if Iraq was fully a mistake. But lets be fair: many positive things came about because the US stood up to a tyrant.