Iraq

My friend - a soldier over in Iraq (more importantly: coming home on a couple weeks of leave in a month) sent me a link to a New York Times article. My friend was part of the squad on the operation the article is about. It's a good article. Read it.

Thankfully, he's OK ("minor" injuries ... I know someone with schrapnal ... that's just wrong), but one soldier was killed.

I find it distressing that the Iraqi soldiers didn't seem to take the operation seriously. Maybe sending in more troops is not a good idea. Maybe we should make the Iraqis take control.

I don't know ... I don't know anything. I just want my friend to survive.