To all of my troop support brothers...

[macms]

Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

...I hope that this decision was not reached because of "pressure" to tone it down.

There has never been pressure from anyone to tone anything down. And if there were I would bet that you would know.

Originally Posted by ChasDen

...BUT I feel to back down your efforts simply because others are not contributing, does a disservice to those who are. I fear that the "out of sight out of mind" mentality may lessen the donations even further.

This is a great counter point and one I obviously did not consider. Let me ponder this and thanks for a very helpful post.