By Joyce Lucey. "I share the grief and pain of these mothers because I too have loss my son. He came home and struggled with the demons of a war that haunted him until PTSD took his life last June."

By Deborah Regal. "Peacemaking can only stem from a commitment to non-violence which includes the respect of the humanity of all people--including those in uniform."

By Vilma Fox and Family. "I find it ironic that as we head into a weekend of celebrating our Independence from an imperialist power 227 years ago, that we have in fact, become that SAME imperialist power."

By Kimberly Gibbs. "We all want to support our troops, but many of us oppose the dubious 'liberation' of Iraq and believe this war places them unnecessarily in harm's way. To those who portray the anti-war protesters as unpatriotic, neo-hippie pacifists, I would like to clarify our image."

By Guy Hallman of McAllen, Texas. Guy's son is a Marine MP. "You can imagine how we military families feel when on average one soldier is dying per day during the "peaceful" phase of the occupation of Iraq, and the troops in the field doing the actual fighting see no glory or good purpose in their task. They are made to cheer Bush when he masquerades as a military hero in their presence, but they know the truth."

By Marianne Werz O'Brien. "I want military families everywhere to SCREAM about this at the tops of their lungs! He is taunting the Iraqis, practically DARING them to keep killing our people."

By Virginia Luppino. "As fatalites mount in Iraq I am angered and saddened by the mishandling of this whole occupation. I am grateful that my son, who is in the army, is back in the states safe...and thank so many of you who have sent your good wishes and prayers his way."

By Susan Schuman. "For a long time, this behavior perplexed me. I had expected acknowledgement of some kind, albeit hostility or support: honks, peace signs, the finger, fist raised, in agreement or in opposition. But I had not expected silence, lack of recognition. The reaction of people to Justin's portrait and my statement reminds me of how people react to a cripple or a severly handicapped person, pretending not to see, not wanting to stare and look at the pain."

By Cindy Sheehan. "...my son, Spc Casey Sheehan, enlisted in the Army to protect America: not to die occupying a foreign land."

By Dr. Theodore L. Smith. "My son CWO 3 Eric A. Smith died in a hostile action April 2., 2003 during the battle of Karbala."

There's a storm about the failed leadership of Gen. Stanley McChrystal. But the bigger storm is about failed war policy... Already more than 1,130 U.S. military personnel and thousands of Afghan civilians have died; thousands more have been wounded. Our military families and the Afghan families are suffering — deeply. The United States has spent more than $280 billion — money that is desperately needed here for education, healthcare, housing and jobs.

A member of my immediate family served for 14 months as a member of the Army reserves in Iraq, and like Will Bardenwerper I, too, have noticed that the American people seem not to value the sacrifice of our enlisted personnel.

Our son, and all who serve in the military, performs every day with courage and honor. Neither of those attributes is displayed by the commander in chief and those in Congress who put their political fortunes above our troops every day.

As the mother of an active-duty United States marine, I am conflicted by your editorial. While I applaud your bold stance — “It is time for the United States to leave Iraq” — it is clearly too little, too late. (click to read 7-8-07 editorial calling for U.S. troops to come home from Iraq)

I am a member of Military Families Speak Out and a lifelong Democrat. The members of my party who voted to continue the war another 17 months believe they did all they could do to end forward combat operations in Iraq ["House Passes Iraq Pullout Timetable," front page, March 24]. The best they could do was ensure the death of 1,500 more service members by Sept. 1, 2008. Many who voted to continue funding the Iraq war have publicly said our preemptive invasion was a mistake.

The House leadership is trying to get members who oppose the war, you, to support the appropriations bill by claiming it has provisions to support our troops. In reality, the bill allows the president to indefinitely extend the withdrawal date of August 2008 if the troops are "engaging in targeted special actions limited in duration and scope to killing or capturing members of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations with global reach; and/or if the troops are 'training members of the Iraqi Security Forces.' " This provision could be used to keep tens of thousands of troops in Iraq for years.

As the mother of a soldier who served in Iraq for 10 months, I ask readers to join me in urging our representatives to vote against supplemental appropriations for the war. Defunding the war does not mean defunding the troops. The $70 billion that Congress approved in September 2006 can be used to ensure that the troops have the armor, food and supplies they need to come home quickly and safely.

I am not completely sure, but I believe that I met Mr. Wroblewski at my son's wake and he had very kind words for me at that time. It is partly because of him that I have gone to wakes of the other Marines who have been killed from this area. We both share the hope that no more American soldiers are injured or killed. How best to accomplish this goal is where we part company... I have joined Military Families Speak Out, a group that supports the troops and not the president. You can support one and not the other. Iraqis have never attacked us, but I am sure that a lot of them might now. This war is out of control and we need to bring our kids home alive.

This week, the president submitted a supplemental budget request for an additional $100 billion to be spent on the war in Iraq. While this amount is staggering, it's not nearly as staggering as the cost in human life that this war has taken on American families. The over 3,100 soldiers who've lost their lives in the Iraq war paid the highest price, as have the families who loved them.