al Anbar Province

I just read Col. Ollie North's report from Iraq, and it's a damn shame that - simply because of his name - no one in the Lib/Dem/Soc/Commie community would ever look at his writings.

Basically what he's saying is that what we're doing in alQaim and other places near the Syrian is almost a re-run of Fallujah. We and the Iraqi's are cleaning out the same kind of human garbage.

One thing I'd like to know is - what the hell ever happened to the Kurds? They were supposed to be these shit-hot fighters who wanted to get Saddam and his ilk out, but when Mosul and other places in the north were hit, the Kurds seem to have just disappeared. This op by the Syrian border would seem to be perfect for them.

Back to the good Colonel - I have no idea how many trips he's made to the sandbox, but he's there often. When he's there, he does the protocol thing with the Generals, etc., but he also spends an inordinate amout of time with the grunts.

I like that in a man.