Posted on 12/08/2006 4:35:00 PM PST by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2006 -- The situation in Iraq would be much worse if not for the American heroes that are out on the street every day in Baghdad and across (Iraq), the commander of combat troops in Iraq said today.
In the debate over the events happening in Iraq, I think that some people have lost sight of the daily acts of heroism that our servicemembers perform here in the name of service to our nation and to freedom, said Army Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq. Chiarelli, who gives up command Dec. 14, spoke to reporters in the Pentagon via a satellite connection from Baghdad. |
quote "I will tell you that if it were not for the soldiers, the Marines, the sailors and the airmen who look the devil in the eye every single day that they conduct
mission after mission to go out and,
first of all, do their best to keep the sectarian violence down and, second of all, the promotion of a democratic Iraq, things would be a lot worse, Chiarelli said. I believe that with all my heart."endQuote
Thanks to them all, I do more appreciate the sacrifice. I have the saftey and security they have chosen to leave to serve us, that I am better able to understand what the missions are, from all SandRats' persistant posting I have found here.
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