"Originally appeared in the New York Times on March 17th, 2006 - link.
I can now say I have seen the much-touted city of Fallujah. From the Euphrates in the west to the rolling farmland just outside the eastern “Cloverleaf” overpass, it is a city with as many personalities as it has citizens. The history I know says that Fallujah has always been a haven for criminals. Saddam decided to ignore it and let it fester into a boil on the buttocks of an already not-so-humanitarian Iraq. One of our native linguists tells me it was a last stop for truckers coming out of Jordan to get some tasty shiskabob before they entered the crowded Baghdad metropolitan area. I cannot speak for its history, but I can tell you that today Fallujah, like almost any city, runs the gamut from gorgeous to ghastly."
Midnight in Iraq
aka This Fucking "Overseas Contingency Operation"
"This is the Army, son. Your opinion doesn't matter.
- Roger. Acknowledged. I'd figure I'd proffer it, just in case."
~LT G
...Famous last words of a Milblog.
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