The Associated Press gave voice to one soldier’s opinion, Army Specialist Nick Maranell, on five years of war in Iraq, after his 15-month tour there:
“Pretty much ninety percent of the stuff we did was stuff to help the Iraqis. I wouldn’t be giving up that much of my time risking my life for something I didn’t believe in… My fear is we’d leave too soon. It is so volatile right now; it is so unstable that anyone could walk in there and take over the country. There are so many good people there … They say we shouldn’t be there. Somebody had to step in.”
Hat tip to The Long War Journal.