[Syncro]

The MAF crew that headed out to Iraq on December 18th after the Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour that ended in New York December 16th has returned.

They collected 200,000 Christmas and Hanukkah cards and distributed many of them across Iraq.

[Syncro]

A couple of Troops enjoying their Christmas cards in Iraq.

[freema]

I’m glad I didn’t see those Christmas pictures at the link until now. (I don’t know where to buy an industrial strength mop.)

Wish I’d been there, too : (

[Traveler59]

Move America Forward collected more than 200,000 Christmas and Hanukkah cards and delivered them. Each message from America lightened the souls of our fighting men and women.

I will personally vouch for this statement. The cards and letters that I and my troops received meant that someone, somewhere, actually cared about what we were doing. I made it a point to answer every card I received.

-Traveler

[pattty]

They did not witness Iraqi citizens welcoming American troops with flowers and candy. It was much more personal. Iraqi mothers sent their children out to hug U.S. soldiers. Iraqi men invited U.S. soldiers into their homes for tea prepared by their wives and daughters. Our troops are changing the minds and winning the hearts of the native people of Iraq.

Awesome!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

THANKS TROOPS and thank you MAF for going as our emissary!

BUMP!

[DrDeb]

THANK YOU for posting this amazing article!

[Retain Mike]

Contrary to Democrat chants, U.S. troops are best employed in Iraq to win the Global War on Terror. Minimum penance, considering spiritless, pathetic responses to fifteen previous terrorist attacks, obliges U.S. persistence for Iraq representative government. Highlights of our servile behavior include Carter’s failure to defend Iranian embassy sovereignty. Under Reagan, Marines were forbidden to load weapons when guarding their barracks, and we ran after Hezbollah killed 241 in Beirut. Under Bush #1, Arabs around Basra revolted with U.S. encouragement, and then were abandoned to Hussein’s retribution. Under Clinton, we fled Somalia after 18 Rangers were killed, and allowed Hussein to eject U.N. inspectors.

The State Department now reports many African, Oriental and Asian countries willing to confront terrorism, instead of accommodating these bestial elements to become squalid societies. Our credibility as an ally requires our troops sustaining initiatives Iraqi people are taking for bottom up development of stable neighborhoods and cities. Positive changes at the local level allows emergence of moderate leaders demanding and/or facilitating national reconciliation on difficult issues.

Sustaining confrontational initiatives of African, Oriental and Asian countries brings Global War on Terror victory by frustrating plans, breaking alliances and fracturing organizations of Wahhabi jihadists into ever less effective units. Without cities, countries or armies they live out unnaturally shortened lives as pariahs. Sun Tzu would consider mobilizing allies to minimize our own bloodshed, the greatest achievement of warfare. We will never again fight “The Long War” so cheaply.