Perhaps before she shows precisely how much she's gone off the deep end, Helen Thomas should actually talk with the families and loved ones of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Crystal Owen:

"I know people are pushing you, but please don't pull the guys out of Iraq too soon. Don't let my husband -- and 1,700-plus other deaths -- be in vain. They were over there, fighting for a democratic nation, and I hope you'll keep our service members over there until the mission can be accomplished." Mrs. Owen's husband, Staff Sgt. Mike Owen, was killed in Iraq last year. She was part of the military family meeting with President Bush prior to his speech at Fort Bragg last Tuesday. She spoke the above words to the President, and gave him a blue bracelet with the name of her husband and another soldier on it. The President was wearing this bracelet during his speech. I suppose we should be thankful that at least Ms. Thomas is now honestly editorializing in the open, given how she did so as an official White House "correspondent" for so many years.