Via e-mail: A soldier's account of the President's Iraq visit

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[MeekOneGOP]

I hadn't seen this yet ! Thanks for the post and ping.

Via e-mail: A soldier's account of the President's Iraq visit

Excerpt:

We knew there was a dinner planned with Ambassador Bremer and LTG Sanchez. There were 600 seats available and all the units in the division were tasked with filling a few tables. Naturally, the 501st MI battalion got our table. Soldiers were grumbling about having to sit through another dog-and-pony show, so we had to pick soldiers to attend. I chose not to go.

But, about 1500 the G2, LTC Devan, came up to me and with a smile, asked me to come to dinner with him, to meet him in his office at 1600 and bring a camera. I didn't really care about getting a picture with Sanchez or Bremer, but when the division's senior intelligence officer asks you to go, you go. We were seated in the chow hall, fully decorated for Thanksgiving when aaaaallllll kinds of secret service guys showed up.

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[Lando Lincoln]

Thanks for the ping MnM....you're one of the best!

Lando

[international american]

Thanks for the ping, a great story! I saved it.

[VOA]

my 6th great-grandfather, Capt. Asa Douglas, wrote a letter to then General George
Washington, complaining about the men's living conditions, lack of enough
food and equipment....of the impending cold to come

Thanks for amplifying. I wasn't painting how bad the situation was by only mentioning
the groaning about the lack of pay.
Those fellow WERE Revolutionary...making those sort of sacrifices in order to leave
about the most enlightened empire that had yet come along, in order to carve out their
own freedom and country.
All with no guarantee that they could make it work.
Now that's faith.

[ImpBill]

"Whooooo - Ah!"

[JustPiper]

Soldiers were hollering, cheering, and a lot of them were crying. There was not a dry eye at my table. When he stepped up to the cheering, I could clearly see tears running down his cheeks.

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[VOA]

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[MeekOneGOP]

My pleasure ! Thank YOU, Mr. President ! :O)

[MeekOneGOP]

My pleasure, folks ! :O)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[NYCVirago]

Great email! Thanks for posting this.