Just Ask The Kids

There is a great thread going on over at Free Republic in which people are posting pictures of our troops terrorising Iraqi’s…..we all know who said that:

That last guy there on the swing is the Civil Affair Officer for a MP Unit and he tells us that when reporters come by and see this stuff they could care less. All they want is blood and guts. You know, so they can bash Bush more while ignoring the REAL work that goes on over there:

Yes, as a matter of fact, there are playgrounds in Iraq (Please see the last photo in this series.)

I am the Civil Affairs Officer for an MP unit. I work directly with the people of Iraq. Once a week, we visit a local clinic to provide medical care, health education, clothing, shoes, food, and toys to these people.

A reporter, here, once asked me what my mission was and I told him. His next question was if I knew where the Infantry guys were. I never saw him again. The media is only interested in “guts-on-the-ground” stories. apparently “Good news is no news.”

I thank you all for your support. We are all in this together. Thanks for doing your part, it makes a difference.

I mean how dare these troops terrorize these kids with candy! For god’s sake man, don’t they know what harm they are doing over there?

Sigh…..

When someone on the thread mentioned how a relative serving over there regularly takes care packages sent from home and gives them to the kids the Civil Affairs Officer, aka KSoldier, said that she was correct:

You are 100% correct. The soldiers here take the treats from their own care packages to hand out to the kids. We are doing pretty well, at least at our FOB as far as necessities go. We even have a small PX set up here.

As for the generosity of the soldiers, You spoke of toiletries for the Iraqi people – Yes, that is a popular request. The last time we visited the clinic, one of my soldiers asked if we could stop by the mini-PX on the way. When I asked what he needed, he told me that he promised a little girl that he would bring her some shampoo. How could I say no to that? He bought her some with his own money.

One thing that is also never mentioned, this generosity pays off. many of the local Iraqis are more than eager to mention to us when “strangers” move into their area. The local Iraqis KNOW who their friends are, They just fear the reprisals from the terrorists. They fear even more that we will leave Iraq.

Meanwhile our press continue to harp that we are losing over there. I mean how could we think otherwise when we have lost 2700 troops in 4 years. It’s not like we lost 400,000 in 4 years of fighting during WWII right? It’s not like we lost close to 13,000 during two days of fighting at Antietam right? How else could we view losing 2700 troops?

Geez.

I know every lost is sad but think about it for a minute. Those kids above are now free from a tryant who murdered his own people at a genocidal scale. Rape rooms and REAL torture were commonplace. Three free elections have been held and the Iraqi military is taking over more and more of operational security throughout the country.

We have done pretty damn well.

Just ask the kids:

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