Conservativa

Recently I have caught up with a friend serving in Iraq. He gave me permission to talk about the gist of what was in an email he sent, but did not want any identifying information given. The gist was this - where he is, in a hot spot in Iraq, the locals are getting along well with the Americans, and slowly beginning to get along with each other. They are seeing that Al Qaeda is the enemy of all of them. Wish I could quote a lot more of what he said, but I respect his wish to not do so.

He did say plainly that a real fear that he and his friends have is that Congress will pull the rug out from under them, just now when progress is truly beginning to happen. For example, see an AP story that is quoted here.

That ain’t right, people. Anyone who goes and puts his life on the line in the military should not have to worry that some shortsighted individual on Capitol Hill is going to undercut his work.