...I may well have spent more time embedded with combat units in Iraq than any other journalist alive. I have seen this war – and our part in it – at its brutal worst. And I say the transformation over the last 14 months is little short of miraculous.Read more...
The change goes far beyond the statistical decline in casualties or incidents of violence. A young Iraqi translator, wounded in battle and fearing death, asked an American commander to bury his heart in America. Iraqi special forces units took to the streets to track down terrorists who killed American soldiers. The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq, and many Iraqi boys dream of becoming American soldiers. Yes, young Iraqi boys know about "GoArmy.com."
As the outrages of Abu Ghraib faded in memory – and paled in comparison to al Qaeda's brutalities – and our soldiers under the Petraeus strategy got off their big bases and out of their tanks and deeper into the neighborhoods, American values began to win the war.
Iraqis came to respect American soldiers as warriors who would protect them from terror gangs. But Iraqis also discovered that these great warriors are even happier helping rebuild a clinic, school or a neighborhood. They learned that the American soldier is not only the most dangerous enemy in the world, but one of the best friends a neighborhood can have.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Let's 'Surge' Some More
This is a MUST read by Michael Yon in the Wall Street Journal.
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Good article, good job. If only there were more like him, speaking out, speaking the truth, instead of the lies we're continually fed.
But if I could face him about his article today, I'd ask him straight out--what does he expect of us? The ones who have been giving our all, the boots on the ground and the families who support them...he says we need more troops. I'm sure we do.
But, sorry, bud--I've given ENOUGH. Time for someone else to do a little giving. And it's not gonna happen in this country, because those few who are willing to do, have already done. And the rest of the damn slackers--who sit at home and denigrate us--can just go to H. Because, they sure as H won't--will NOT--go to Iraq. Or anywhere else.
And they'd be no damn use, if they did.
sign me--cynical and tired!
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Great article, punky. Thanks for posting.
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