A soldier assures us: Our progress is amazing By JOE ROCHE I'm a soldier with the U.S. Army serving in the 16th Combat Engineer Battalion in Baghdad. The news you are hearing stateside is awfully depressing and negative. The reality is we are accomplishing a tremendous amount here, and the Iraqi people are not only benefiting greatly, but are enthusiastically supportive. My job is mostly to be the driver of my platoon's lead Humvee. I see the missions our Army is performing, and I interact closely with the Iraqi people. Because of this, I know how successful and important our...