Anger Rises for Families of Troops in Iraq

It is becoming increasingly obvious that the war that "ended" on May 1 is still underway. "Military families, so often the ones to put a cheery face on war, are growing vocal," writes Jeffrey Gettleman. "Since major combat for the 150,000 troops in Iraq was declared over on May 1, more than 60 Americans, including 25 killed in hostile encounters, have died in Iraq, about half the number of deaths in the two months of the initial campaign. Frustrations became so bad recently at Fort Stewart, Ga., that a colonel, meeting with 800 seething spouses, most of them wives, had to be escorted from the session. 'They were crying, cussing, yelling and screaming for their men to come back,' said Lucia Braxton, director of community services at Fort Stewart."