"Any Marine"
Christmas in Camp Fallujah Iraq was fairly quiet. As I have said, grateful Americans have sent boxes and boxes of fireplace-worthy stuffed socks, wetwipes, toothbrushes, the works. And my favorite, boxes filled and set around at recreational sites and chapels with Thank You/Christmas Cards addressed to "American Soldier" or "Any Marine."
A soldier I met at church said he wished Americans could see the good being done here, often against "an unseen evil," as he put it. He then added that there is really nothing in America waiting for him and he will extend his tour here after his buddies go home. Why not help save the world if you have nothing else going on?
And he is right. There is tons of good being done here. Business is really taking off--the largest Iraqi cell phone company, Iraqna, for example, is going from 300+Million dollars in business from one year to over $500 million the next.
The relatively stable government is talking about how to get oil production going up from 40 million barrels a year, if I remember the numbers correctly. You've heard the bad news, but I really doubt any force can stop the combination of Iraqi people and America from succeeding. That's good news.
Anyway, there are a few red hats and a soldiering Santa did drop off a few candy canes and the mess hall is decked out in Holiday cheer. Many soldiers got the day off and played soccer. My family saw to it I got a box Christmas Eve, bless their hearts. The Christmas Spirit is here and along with it our prayers for (someday) peace in Iraq, peace on Earth, and goodwill towards men.
A soldier I met at church said he wished Americans could see the good being done here, often against "an unseen evil," as he put it. He then added that there is really nothing in America waiting for him and he will extend his tour here after his buddies go home. Why not help save the world if you have nothing else going on?
And he is right. There is tons of good being done here. Business is really taking off--the largest Iraqi cell phone company, Iraqna, for example, is going from 300+Million dollars in business from one year to over $500 million the next.
The relatively stable government is talking about how to get oil production going up from 40 million barrels a year, if I remember the numbers correctly. You've heard the bad news, but I really doubt any force can stop the combination of Iraqi people and America from succeeding. That's good news.
Anyway, there are a few red hats and a soldiering Santa did drop off a few candy canes and the mess hall is decked out in Holiday cheer. Many soldiers got the day off and played soccer. My family saw to it I got a box Christmas Eve, bless their hearts. The Christmas Spirit is here and along with it our prayers for (someday) peace in Iraq, peace on Earth, and goodwill towards men.
posted by Ernest at 6:21 AM
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