We are looking forward to finally meeting you.
Right now the weather forecast looks good for your Thursday arrival Luv W.
Funny how our next door neighbors just moved Saturday and they are heading to Texas. They will be in for a rude awakening as Texas and New York differ in political views.
It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood , TX
The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad .
Kalat was so grateful for the Americans liberation
of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors
Kalat worked on this memorial night and day
for several months.
To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl
giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.
Do you know why we don’t hear about this in the news?
Because it is heart warming and praise worthy.
The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect and negativity they wish to portray as all encompassing in Iraq.
I hope that your neighbors are conservatives or that they are moving to Austin...the liberal hotbed of Texas...or they are in for a major culture shock! LOL!
I guess I will have to keep my opinions to myself while up there, huh? :D