Hey Anderson, I am quite put off with all this \'idealistic rhetoric\' about U.S. training and embedding into the Iraqui military...First you have to have a true Iraqui military which to date they have failed to demonstrate. I have a son fighting in Baghdad. His training consisted of six weeks of BootCamp and a couple months at Ft Drum and sent over to fight insurgents house to house, hand to hand...dodge mortar fires and try to survive the IEDs and HEDs. He is a young man of courage and committment but NOT a lot of training...yet doing his job well. Why would we send our own troops so poorely trained, no experience and inadequately prepared for this unique kind of warfare and yet feel compelled that we need to give a years of training to the Iraquis? Our son has been on assignments with Iraquis and has repeatedly found them to \"take off running scared\" while our American troops \'take a kneee\' and return fire on the snipers and insurgents. I\'m not sure you can train or teach courage and integrity...it obviously is part of the American way but not shared by those whose sectarian issues divide their loyalties and diminish their committment to anything or anyone but rather they function out of self preservation OR dying a martyr. Doesn\'t sound \'trainable\' to me! Katie Dunn, Ft Myers FL

Hey Anderson,
I am quite put off with all this 'idealistic rhetoric' about U.S. training and embedding into the Iraqui military...First you have to have a true Iraqui military which to date they have failed to demonstrate. I have a son fighting in Baghdad. His training consisted of six weeks of BootCamp and a couple months at Ft Drum and sent over to fight insurgents house to house, hand to hand...dodge mortar fires and try to survive the IEDs and HEDs. He is a young man of courage and committment but NOT a lot of training...yet doing his job well. Why would we send our own troops so poorely trained, no experience and inadequately prepared for this unique kind of warfare and yet feel compelled that we need to give a years of training to the Iraquis? Our son has been on assignments with Iraquis and has repeatedly found them to "take off running scared" while our American troops 'take a kneee' and return fire on the snipers and insurgents. I'm not sure you can train or teach courage and integrity...it obviously is part of the American way but not shared by those whose sectarian issues divide their loyalties and diminish their committment to anything or anyone but rather they function out of self preservation OR dying a martyr. Doesn't sound 'trainable' to me! Katie Dunn, Ft Myers FL

Is that a \"Pocket-Andy\" in your pocket or you happy to see me?

Is that a "Pocket-Andy" in your pocket or you happy to see me?

Hi. Does Anderson Cooper have a picture of him and his boyfriend making out? I would love to see that!!! Is his new interactive site going to be for gays only?

Hi. Does Anderson Cooper have a picture of him and his boyfriend making out? I would love to see that!!! Is his new interactive site going to be for gays only?

This site is cool! Here we have \'Pocket Andy\' and all the videos, pictures and information you could ever want.

This site is cool! Here we have 'Pocket Andy' and all the videos, pictures and information you could ever want.