The tragedy of Iraq continues because Bush holds our troops hostage. Congress and all of us must call him out on his hostage-taking. The deaths are ours to mourn, but Bush's to answer for.

The military's track record on this war will show that they have not done the best for the soldiers but, instead, they have been bullied to do the best for contractors.

Here is a problem, tax foe or friend, that needs fixing. And yet President Bush is determined to continue on this course of obstruction if government taxes are the remedy.