Before now poetry has taken notice
Of wars, and what are wars but politics
Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?
from "Build Soil"
Robert Frost

Sunday, January 28, 2007

QPQ II

If you've been following this blog long, you may remember Quid Pro Quo. That was the post in which I told of a brave sheik, and one of the sucess stories of our interaction here in the Anbar province. I would like to refer you to the LA Times, where you will find more detail than I provided, and an account of events since. You're required to register for the site, but it is free to do so and definitely worth the time.

15 comments:

brian said...

Tip:

Use bugmenot (http://www.bugmenot.com) to bypass sites that want you to register.

If you use Firefox, there is an extension that does the work for you without having to manually go to the bugmenot.com each time and get a login and password.

It works well enough that I don't even know anymore which sites require one to register and which don't.

The Historian said...

Excellent article: thanks for the referral. I've posted it at
http://www.greensrealworld.blogspot.com

Maybe the worm is turning!

Lord Nazh said...

Hey TD. The piece is a good read, but signing up for the LAT is def. not worth the time :)

SonarMan said...

And Kerry said our troops in Iraq were uneducated. Based on your blog, I think you could run literacy and litarary rings around his ass. I know it raised my IQ a few points or ten, and I'm a submarine sailor. I am thoroughly impressed, young man. Keep up the good work over there, and come home safe. My prayers are with you.

Sarge Charlie said...

What sonarman said................

The old sarge

membrain said...

Excellent article. I'm amazed that it's in the LA Times of all places.

My favourite part; "Fatikhan, who wears tailored suits when not in traditional clothing, understands U.S. politics. He told a visiting journalist, "Please take a message to the Democrats: Let the American forces stay until we can hold Iraq together. Then we will have a party when American forces go."

Keep up the great work.

BostonMaggie said...

Congratulations on your promotion to Specialist!

AFSister said...

SCHWIIIINNGGG!
Way to go, SPC Teflon!

membrain said...

Badger 6 let us in on your promotion to Specialist. Congratulations TD.

Army Wife said...

Congrats on the promotion

ragingmom said...

Badger 6 said to stop by, congratulations are in order. Way to go SPC Teflon!

Kat said...

Case of Marlboros for the sheihk and congratulations for the don.

mxdg said...

Congrats on the promotion, TD.
A little more juice in the pocketbook as well although it's not enough for what you guys do.
Take care

meagan said...

Congratulations! I am soooo proud of you!

Aprillini said...

Congratulations! Way to go! I'm thinking being a specialist in what you do is probably a good thing :)