Here’s a tidbit of news you won’t see on CNN or ABC.  The Rocky Mountain News reported on a welcoming ceremony at Fort Carson for troops who had arrived home after another tour of duty in Iraq.

The mayor of Tal Afar, Najim Al Jibouri, praised the United States troops for saving his city from almost certain ruin.

“Are you truly my friends?” he asked through a translator. “Yes. I walk a happier man because you are my friends. You are the world to me. I smell the sweet perfume that emanates from your flower of your strength, honor and greatness in every corner of Tal Afar. The nightmares of terror fled when the lion of your bravery entered our city.”  

The mayor said afterward through a translator that he worried about fading support for the war in Iraq and urged Americans to remember what it was like before U.S. forces arrived.

“One year ago today, not even a bird used to be inside the city of Tal Afar because of all the shooting that happened continuously,” he said. “All of the schools were closed and all the government facilities were closed completely. Killing and murdering was allowed - even of the children.”

It’s difficult for me to reconcile stories such as this with all the anti-war rhetoric found in the MSM.  Our soldiers are risking their lives daily in order to help people who have been terrorized their entire lives to gain control over their own lives.  Our newspapers and television networks should be praising their efforts and highlighting the good they’re doing every day.

That title quote is one of the most poetic statements I’ve ever heard.

Hat Tip to Dr. Sanity for first mentioning the Rocky Mountain News article above.

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