A little balance.

Just remember, for every idiot troop with discipline issues whose actions put us in this position:

U.S. General Apologizes For Desecration Of Koran

By Andrew E. Kramer

BAGHDAD — The commander of United States troops in Baghdad asked local leaders and tribal sheiks this weekend for their forgiveness after the discovery that a soldier had used a Koran for target practice at a shooting range.

Responding to an episode ripe with the potential to stoke unrest, the commander, Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, held a meeting Saturday with Iraqi leaders.

“I come before you here seeking your forgiveness,” General Hammond said at the meeting, in remarks carried by CNN. “In the most humble manner, I look in your eyes today and I say, please forgive me and my soldiers.”

...there are dozens, if not hundreds, who are doing things like this - that rarely make the NYT...

"Our goal is to have her keep getting better every day. She’s an amazing little girl. She has a drive I wish I had," said Daniel Izquierdo, the physician assistant for Task Force 1-35 Armor, which is the unit replacing 3-1 at Patrol Base Assassin.

Izquierdo said he will carry on the therapy program started by his predecessors.

For the soldiers of Troop A, Arabia has been something of a sanctuary. When they arrive each week to pick up Suham, the children gather around. While Suham puts on her prosthetics for the short ride to the patrol base, the soldiers sit in the little TV room and chat with family members.

The other soldiers hang around outside playing with the neighborhood kids.

As she makes her way to the Humvee, Suham holds the arms of family members for support.

"She used to have to bring her wheelchair everywhere she went. Now she’s starting to walk," Sumrall said.

But even a small humanitarian mission just a couple miles away from their base carries some risk.

Back in November, a bomb exploded on the way back to Suham’s house after a therapy session.

But you have to look to find those stories. Drudge doesn't link them. Most majors news outlets don't, either.

But there are a lot more soldiers like Sergeant George Sumrall out there, than that idiot with rage issues.

Sumrall, who returns to Georgia this week with the rest of his unit, said he has no regrets about the mission to help Suham or the scars that mark his shoulder.

"I feel good about what we’ve done here," he said.