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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