They've been doing this for quite a while. It cranked up a notch several months ago when the Awakening Councils (Sons of Iraq) got going.
The Iraqis are doing a great job with security now.
I hope you have been keeping a diary since you have been “in country”.
I see a book deal in your future.
As I like history, has anyone done an overview of how iraq has progressed vs germany and japan after WWII? You might include other conflicts as well, vietnam, korea, gulf war I, kosovo/serbia. In other words, is there a precipitate of wisdom that comes out of all these conflicts, remembering what Jesus said about wars...