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When I was a young soldier, I would probably have said "Wow, true love triumphs- what a great story". But I'm older and pretty cynical, and I just see a couple of troops who disobeyed a series of direct orders in a combat zone.

What other orders are they prepared to disobey, I wonder?

I'm with you--and I have a question, why did they have to get married NOW? It seems that if their officers told them to wait until the conflict was over, or at least a few months? What's the hurry?

That said, I have to say for the record that I am taking a Swedish for Immigrants class, and out of thirty or so students, at least 20 are Iraquis--mainly gals in their mid twenties. These are really pretty girls, and most of them speak English well. Of course, every single one of them is shocked and amazed that I am an American in Sweden, because they all have said that moving to America is their ultimate goal. Not too surprised that the ladies in the article took the opportunity that was handed to them!