how in God's name does christmas remind our soldiers of why they are there? spreading christianity one bomb at a time? i think this provides even more proof to allegations that this war is a religious crusade.


Yahoo! News - Birth of Christ reminds US soldiers of their mission in Iraq: "BAGHDAD (AFP) - US soldiers in Iraq (news - web sites) celebrated the birth of Jesus while eating Christmas dinner in full body armour, with many explaining how the nativity story continues to motivate their mission in the war-torn country.
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Elsewhere on the base, a few dozen soldiers filed into the austere chapel on Camp Cuervo, a base on the northeastern side of Baghdad, where three long rows of bleached pews face a big wooden cross. "

camp cuervo??? is that down the road from tequilaville?