I know you’ve been there, but are you there right now? I’m just curious how you are getting your information right now — it seems like you are only reading the MSM — I have seen LOTS of good news stories here on FR — I guess maybe you’re a glass half empty type and I’m a glass half full.
I stay in touch via email with several buddies that are still over there. I get maybe 3 or 4 emails a week from them. I also stay in touch via email with two of my former Iraqi interpreters, Naz Shreef and Ahmed Misael. I don’t rely on the what is being put out in the MSM, they are full of shit. I rely on what my buddies and Iraqi friends tell me and they both tell me that this place is becoming unmanageable.
I read the other day that they are pleased and surprised at the lack of violence over the mosque bombing, not as much as they expected.
This was from a BBC reporter.