A Must Read

You have to check out Michael Totten's article. It is a two parter, so it is a bit long, but well worth the read.

Part 1
Part 2

If you get bored reading this, which I doubt you will, just read part 2. It sums it all up nicely.

For those who don't know, Michael Totten is a blogger who has made extensive visits to the Middle East. I have posted some of his blogs on Kurdistan in the past

" ...children excitedly greeted us as they did every other time I stepped out into the streets of the city and the surrounding countryside."

'Three months ago people turned their backs to us,' Sergeant Hicks said. 'They refused to even smile. They were like beaten dogs.'
-Speaking of the people of Ramadi before Al Qaeda was kicked out.