" Along with the violence, I saw many things that lifted my heart.
I saw thousands of Iraqis in cities like Qurnah and Medinah - men, women, children, grandparents carrying babies - running into the streets at the sight of us, the first Western army to arrive.
I saw them screaming, crying, waving, cheering.
They ran from their homes at the sound of our Humvee tires roaring in from the south, bringing bread and tea and cigarettes and photos of their children.
They chattered at us in Arabic, and we spoke to them in English, and neither understood the other.
The entire time I was in Iraq, I had one impression from the civilians I met:
Thank God, finally someone has arrived with bigger men and bigger guns to be, at last, on our side. "
Every Democrat who has spouted the falsehood that " Cheney lied when he told us that the troops would be welcomed with flowers " needs to be called on their deception.
First to mind-Carville, Begala, Kerry and McAuliffe.
These dirtbags knew the truth and yet continued to smear the troops on a daily basis.
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