steven
July 4th, 2007, 02:16 PM
Four years and two months after the mission supposedly was accomplished, more than 100,000 150,000 American troops will again celebrate Independence Day in a land that knows no freedom from violence.
And yet so many serve proudly, war-weary but hopeful that the sacrifice of more than 3,500 American lives will be repaid with a reborn Iraq.
Proof can be found in the responses The Buffalo News received to an ad it placed this spring in Stars and Stripes, the venerable military newspaper, seeking comments from troops in Iraq from the Buffalo area and the rest of the state.
The News asked: “Do you think you’re making a difference, or do you have doubts about U.S. chances of building a stable democracy in Iraq?”
And many of those American service members who replied spoke with a battle-hardened pride in the jobs they are doing, while acknowledging that more tough times lay ahead.
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/112598.html
And yet so many serve proudly, war-weary but hopeful that the sacrifice of more than 3,500 American lives will be repaid with a reborn Iraq.
Proof can be found in the responses The Buffalo News received to an ad it placed this spring in Stars and Stripes, the venerable military newspaper, seeking comments from troops in Iraq from the Buffalo area and the rest of the state.
The News asked: “Do you think you’re making a difference, or do you have doubts about U.S. chances of building a stable democracy in Iraq?”
And many of those American service members who replied spoke with a battle-hardened pride in the jobs they are doing, while acknowledging that more tough times lay ahead.
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/112598.html