Rusted Sky

We were told weren't ready for freedom.

That Reid and Pelosi urged us to abandon.

That soldiers in our military are re-enlisting in record numbers to protect.

That we promised a chance at freedom - if they could get on their feet and help us do the job, if they could learn to work and live together without sectarian violence.

Michael Yon : Online Magazine � Blog Archive � Thanks and Praise

Thanks and Praise: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.

A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from “Chosen” Company 2-12 Cavalry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John’s, an occasion all viewed as a sign of hope.

The Iraqis asked me to convey a message of thanks to the American people. ” Thank you, thank you,” the people were saying. One man said, “Thank you for peace.” Another man, a Muslim, said “All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother.” The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers.

Spread this around. If you've got a blog, go to Michael Yon's blog and get the pic, then put it up on your blog. In a very real way - this is what victory looks like.

And these are the people the Democrats would have abandoned. Let that not be forgotten.

J.