We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:59:12 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification From a local Kansas City soldier. Dear KCnet Team, I received the wonderful postcard of the gorgeous Kansas City night skyline from you today so I would like to extend my great thanks for that. Additionally, on behalf of the soldiers that I lead here in Tall Afar, Iraq, I would like to offer our most sincere gratitude for your expression of support. I want to share with you my observations and thoughts concerning my experiences in Iraq to date. I hope that it offers you some first hand perspective that you may not be receiving at home while watching... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:12:46 -0600 ISF units comprised of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish soldiers are growing closer together through bonds created while combating the insurgency. The formal name for this is "unit cohesion". (Big words, especially coming from a confirmed civilian whose only "military experience" is a hobbyist's interest in military history.) Put young men together for long periods having to depend on each other -- especially with a common goal and threat -- and a lot of them will bond together whatever their initial differences. Happens in sports teams, happens in the military where the stakes can literally be life-or-death. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34231 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34231 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:57:29 -0600 ISF units comprised of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish soldiers are growing closer together through bonds created while combating the insurgency. Love the sound of that!! ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34208 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34208 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:22:22 -0600 South Park any more, and I think South Park's getting to make more sense each day. These blogs are our only Samizdvat, LT. (If you don't know what that means, ask any Russian immigrant from the Soviet era.) Other than you & the others, all we hear out here is the Media Comrades' Party Line. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34191 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34191 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:53:05 -0600 A First Looey telling the TRUTH? The MSM can't handle the truth...oh I feel a COL Jessup sized rant coming on...must go iron shirts and do laundry and feed kitties. GGGGGGGGggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhh. Thanks for posting that. I love the smell of VICTORY in the morning. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34168 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/11/good_news_from_iraq.html#comment-34168 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:10:31 -0600