And Hope for America

It's paragraphs like this that define the true heroism of our soldiers. They serve for what America stand for, silent in the face of the realities of war. God bless you all for doing what must be done, but few will do.

Michael Yon:
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Many of the soldiers streaming into Iraq will spend a scorching summer with no air conditioners or running water. They will stink like soldiers; there will be no ice cream. There will be grit and filth, mosquitoes with malaria, foul smells from the burning garbage of the cities, snipers, and terrorists who will try to flatten their buildings with truck bombs. The soldiers will see things that age them a decade or more over the course of a single summer. Many will die here, others will lose limbs and a few will go crazy. They bring the final hope for Iraq.