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.