Within The Arizona Republic today, Steve Russell, who commanded the battalion that captured Saddam Hussein and whose personal heroism earned him the Silver Star, said:
“All the second-guessing is moot, at this point. We are where we are now. A destabilized Iraq is going to have implications for all of us.”
The newspaper’s editorial board agrees with him.
Lieutenant Colonel Russell is crossing the country with the Vets for Freedom National Heroes Tour that will arrive in Washington, D.C., in time to for General Petraeus’ report to Congress. Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, or another theatre of the War on Terror, “can sign up to show up on April 8 and tell Congress to support General Petraeus and our fellow troops as they continue to succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
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