FACT VS FICTION : A REPORT FROM THE FRONT (IRAQ CIRCA January 2006)

The American Enterprise Magazine ^ | January 2006 | Karl Zinmeister

[chaosagent]

Great Article!!!!

[MNJohnnie]

Excellent article. Well worth reading.

[hsalaw]

Sorry to re-post such a big chunk of this, but it really bears repeating. We should thank God each day that we are blessed with these strong, courageous, and honorable Americans in our military:

“I look at faces and see fellow human beings, and I say, ‘O.K. This is the sacrifice I have to make to bring them freedom.’ That’s why I joined the military. Not for the college money, for doing what’s right. Fighting under our flag. That’s what our flag stands for. I believe in that stuff. Yeah, we might lose American soldiers, but they are going to lose a society, lose a people. You’ve got to look at the bigger picture. I’ve lost friends, and it hurts. It definitely hurts. But that’s even more reason why I say stay. It’s something that has to be done. If we don’t do it, who will?”

[sarasota]

Thank you for posting this.

[Rakkasan1]

pingeroo

[dpa5923]

Self-ping to read later.

[Ben Mugged]

Thanks for posting this. It is a great read!

[A.A. Cunningham]

Zinsmeister is being interviewed by Mike Rosen right now on KOA

[Choose Ye This Day]

BUMP! This needs to be linked and sent everywhere!

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Nice - can't wait to read it all.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Thanks. Listening now.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

Very interesting!

[WOSG]

"This summer, the U.S. general in charge of our National Guard put his Iraq casualties in some perspective: “I lose, unfortunately, more people through private automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents over the same period of time.”

Interesting point ... BUMP for Liberating Iraq.

[WOSG]

Karl Zinsmeister has written an excellent report. Thanks for posting.

It's a reminder that, despite how difficult the war and reconstruction efforts have been, the challenge of liberating Iraq is bearing fruit and will succeed.

[Indy Pendance]

Bookmark Bump! Great info in this article!

[No Blue States]

Thanks for posting this excellent article.

[Treader]

Hear! Hear!

[Rummyfan]

Great post thanks!

[Onelifetogive]

Civil War, World War II, Korea, and the Cold War—each considered in retrospect to have been noble successes.

Alabama disagrees...