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Reply to "Some Examples of a few American Soldiers"

The video of the soldiers driving is an example of typical leftist propaganda. Iraqis are supposed to yield right of way to military vehicles the same way we do with emergency vehicles. Do we know if that unit was on the way to help fellow soldiers in combat? Are they rushing a wounded soldier or Iraqi to a hospital? No, all we see are the mean soldiers bumping other cars. Did you ask yourself any of those questions or did you simply assume they were just mean?

As for the second video the soldiers are acting immature. They're 18-20 year olds, this is typical frat boy behavior. What they're doing is wrong, but is this the majority of soldiers' behavior? I don't think so.

The third video is narrated. We have no way to prove if the narration is correct. As an editor I know how easy it is to make video appear as something it's not. What we do hear is a soldier scolding a looter for bringing his kid with him, telling him the kid should be in school.

You say you support our troops, yet you slam them every chance you get. Instead of filling your brain with propaganda and hate, find some positive things to say about the men and women who are doing their duty. I'll help you get started.

http://www.operationiraqichildren.org/

"November 1 , 2006 A New Jersey National Guard unit delivered Operation Iraqi Children supplies to a local school with around 500 students in village outside of Balad, Iraq on October 16, 2006. During the distribution, a member of the unit spoke to a local official about a possible expansion of the crowded school."

"October 2 , 2006 LTC Brett Hale of Tennessee and his unit helped to deliver OIC supplies to Iraqi children in a village school north of Baghdad."

"May 18 , 2006 Soldiers from Company B, 1-8 Combined Arms Battalion Distribute Supplies Sent by Operation Iraqi Children

In an effort to decrease mortar and rocket attaches on the city of Balad, Iraq, soldiers recently conducted a patrol in the southern part of the city. With them, they brought School Supply Kits and stuffed animals from OIC, to demonstrate their desire to assist the children and families."

http://www.iraqischools.com/

"Despite the conditions, they will continue to hold classes. In many respects, the Iraqis put a greater premium and priority on education than we do in the US. The problem lies in the lack of resources and infrastructure. Under Sadam's regime, resources were used as a weapon to influence and control the people. Even water and electricity were engineered such that he could turn it on and off as a way of rewarding those who supported him, while punishing those he did not trust.

Our soldiers have had to endure a full spectrum of emotions and feelings, not to mention hazards while confronting the task of improving the schools. We do what we can with what we have, but it is difficult at best given our situation. Perhaps the most difficult part for many of our soldiers is balancing the desire to truly help the Iraqi people, and even more so the children with the hopeless frustration of acquiring the resources to do the job. To many of us, there is an endless list of those who would advertise to help, but in the end these bureaucrats are seemingly more interested in getting their name in the press than they are getting the job done."

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