We spend so much time being negative in this country. I am one of the worst offenders. Michael Yon’s blog gives me hope and helps me see the glass as half full again. Thanks for a much needed recharge, Mr. Yon. You are using up your life in a way that earns my deepest respect.
In case anyone has formed the impression that I’m against the war in Iraq from reading this blog – you are dead wrong. Like the Bush administration and most world governments, I thought Saddam Hussein was sitting on weapons of mass destruction. I know he was funding terrorism. He represented a threat to world stability and to the U.S. Anyone who thinks Saddam wouldn’t have jumped at any chance to assist mass murder of U.S. citizens is a delusion idiot. The occupation of Iraq makes sense, if we see it through.
I have lots and lots of problems with government, but very few with self-defense. As long as I am convinced that invading Iraq was about self-defense, I am at peace with my own military service. Michael Yon is offers you and I a look into the country of Iraq, and into the minds of those who live there, and our troops who are serving there. Read every entry and see if you come away the same person. Unless you’re brain dead I do not see how you could.