Quote of the day: ‘No peace in Iraq’?
I am always wary of generalizing from one soldier’s observation, because they tend to see only their area of operations. That said, put enough of those observations together, and soon you can get a pretty good picture: When we were briefed it was almost like a peacekeeping mission," said Sgt. Mark L. Norfleet, 30, from ...
I am always wary of generalizing from one soldier's observation, because they tend to see only their area of operations. That said, put enough of those observations together, and soon you can get a pretty good picture:
I am always wary of generalizing from one soldier’s observation, because they tend to see only their area of operations. That said, put enough of those observations together, and soon you can get a pretty good picture:
When we were briefed it was almost like a peacekeeping mission," said Sgt. Mark L. Norfleet, 30, from Uniontown, Ala., referring to the briefing before his current deployment. But, he said, "There’s no peace in Iraq."
Some Iraqis also are worried, and are curtailing their daily routines because of the recent increase in violence. Yes, Jwing, it is far from the bad old days of late 2006 and early 2007, but still.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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