Happy July 4th

Hope you have a good one. Raise a glass for us, we're still here, and now we can finally say it, the bad guys are Iran:



http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/07/03/iraq.us.militia.attacks/index.html?hpt=hp_t2







Here's another link about what we were working on the past couple of weeks-- getting the Iraqis to do something about the influence. The article is more or less accurate, but as with most Iraqi operations, the Iraqis got a vote in how it was going to happen, and what was envisioned by US forces was disconnected from what the Iraqis executed:



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/middleeast/02iraq.html?_r=1&ref=michaelsschmidt







I think our Division Commander we are partnered with wants to do more, but politics are alive and well in Iraq. They are in a tough spot as everyone picks sides and chooses who to hitch their wagons to-- and it's clear here in southern Iraq the US is not the team to publicly go with.







On another note, we refined our drawdown plan for Iraq. I shouldn't post it here, but why not:

I think it's gonna work great.

Ron