Report from Iraq: Part 2 - Jan 2005
Category: War on Terror...
Posted Monday, February 07, 2005 at 09:26 AM [GMT-6]

Update (2/7/05): Even though this was originally posted a couple days ago, I've bumped it back up to the top of the page, as it deals with a subject that...let's face it...is much more significant than a silly football game (no offense to the Pats and Eagles fans). I also realize I may have dealt a fatal blow to the space-time continuum by altering the post date, but it's precisely that sort of awesome power that caused me to start blogging in the first place. I'm sure you can deal with it.

I've just received a detailed report complete with photos from Will, who is getting settled into his tour in Iraq. He sent a very interesting slide show, which I've annotated and uploaded. The show is in Acrobat format and should open in autoplay mode. However, to see the annotations describing each photo, you'll need to open the file from within Acrobat and manually scroll through the document. Note that the file is almost 3 mb in size.

In his transmittal letter, Will writes about his perspective on these experiences.

I really like his reference to the Iraqi people and their ability to "see this through," because it's a perceptive reference to the fact that at some point, it is indeed the citizens of Iraq who will need to step up and take control over their own country...and their own democracy.

As I mentioned in the previously-linked post, Will's wife is expecting their first child in March and I know they'd appreciate your prayers for her and their daughter's health.