I am so freaking tired of hearing how courageous Dubya was last week because he spent five hours in Baghdad. Give me a break! I heard an interview with a Marine in Ramadi who said (and I paraphrase): You know, when an IED goes off in Baghdad, it is front page news. It makes all of the television news programs. Here in Ramadi, we deal with seven IEDs every day. Does the media report those? When we take out forty insurgents, does that make the front page? NO. This is the reality of Iraq right now.
We didn't see pictures of Dubya travelling around Iraq, did we? Hell, we didn't even see him travelling around Baghdad. He arrived in secret, stayed five hours, and left in secret. Yeah, that's courage!
Courage is knowing that you will be dealing with seven IEDs every day, but knowing that you have to perform your duty any way. Courage is driving convoys around Iraq even though you know you have a giant bull's eye painted on your door. Let's talk about REAL courage from now on.
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