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  • A Soldier's Observation: 'You Can't Give Away Freedom'

    02/01/2004 10:26:06 AM PST · by Calpernia · 21 replies · 134+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb. 1, 2004 | By Jim Garamone
    A 1st Armored Division soldier put the whole situation in Iraq in context. "We all got it that freedom isn't free, but you also can't give it away." Army Brig. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said a soldier told him that just as the soldier was leaving the country. "I think that's where we are now. We've given them the opportunity; they have to take it," he said during an interview at the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters with reporters traveling with Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. Others agree with the assessment. Another coalition military official said the fight in Iraq is...