Has Bush made the case to the troops?

[Seth Ackerman]

This conversation, among some Army soldiers in Kuwait, is recorded at the
end of a NYT piece reporting that the troops are being ordered not to wave
flags during the invasion, so as not to provoke:

...

Garcia said he was angry that he had been ordered to take down his flag, and
that so few countries were supporting the United States and Britain in the
military campaign.

"When they're in trouble, they don't call Russia, China, France, Turkey;
they call 911, the United States," he said. "That's why I put my flag on my
Humvee."

Another soldier, Specialist Robert Bratton, asked: "You can't blame them.
You got a lot of Americans back in the States against it."

A sergeant, Elmer Smith, said the United States was seen as interfering in
the affairs of too many countries. "The U.S. meddles," he said.

Bratton asked: "What's the reason we're fighting?"

Garcia answered, "I think Saddam Hussein got them weapons."

Bratton shook his head.

"I think it's oil," he said.

Smith offered his theory. "I think it's revenge for his father," he said.