Early days yet–thousands of surging troops have yet to arrive–but hopeful ones:
"The results of Operation “Imposing Law” are not magical. We didn’t expect them to be magical. The commanders didn’t claim they’d be when the Operation began. Still these latest developments are certainly promising. And let’s not forget that what has been achieved so far was achieved while many thousands of the new troops assigned to Baghdad are yet to arrive."
More from Omar at Iraq the Model.
Kentucky National Guard Military Police Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, the first woman to earn a Silver Star since World War II, isn’t in the grade school history books, like Sgt. Alvin York once was.
That kind of thing isn’t done these days, and we may yet suffer for the intentional slight. Hester’s story of the fight near ASR Bismarck is just as remarkable, but a lot harder to find. The Omaha World Herald seems to have done the best job at the time of the incident in 2005, though you have to read almost to the end before her name appears. This year, Hester is the subject of a new exhibit at the U.S. Army Women’s Museum, where she was quoted thusly:
“There’s a lot of soldiers that are doing this job right now,” she said. “Right this minute, right now, they’re doing now what we were doing then, and they’re not getting the credit they deserve. Look at the big picture. We did great one day, but there are people doing that every day. Don’t lose sight of that.”
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"[Iranian foreign minister] Manouchehr Mottaki: We emphasize the peaceful nature of our nuclear weapons… I mean… of our nuclear power plant"
Worth a read. Via Simply Jews.
Ben of Mesopotamia is so short…
"I’m even more tired of seeing MedEvac helicopters skimming above the palm trees, ferrying more wounded soldiers to the Combat Support Hospital."
Short timer malaise in Baghdad.
Sad but true, except that the times they have changed. We don’t need Rosie the Riveter, or scrap drives to build ships. We have a consumer economy and if we don’t consume it falls. Al Q keeps hitting out at Wall Street, not realizing that it’s a movable feast. As long as they leave the malls alone. So do your part. Shop ’til you drop/ Getty Images.
Via Op-For
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"A world of more poverty, more disease and more danger." An advert as the Brits call it, for the telly. Also making the Internet rounds. Long may it wave.
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