Some soldiers in the 2nd Battalion,
6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored
Division - interviewed over four days
on base and on patrols - say they
have grown increasingly disillusioned
about their ability to quell the violence
and their reason for fighting.

The battalion of more than 750 people
arrived in Baghdad from Kuwait in March,
and since then, six soldiers have been killed
and 21 wounded. "It sucks. Honestly, it just feels like we're driving
around waiting to get blown up, that's the most honest answer I could
give you," said Spec. Tim Ivey, 28, of San Antonio, a muscular former
backup fullback for Baylor University. "You lose a couple friends and it
gets hard." "No one wants to be here, you know, no one is truly enthused
about what we do," said Sgt. Christopher Dugger, the squad leader.

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