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Those who demand an appearance by George W Bush's "Band of Brothers" will likely be dismayed to learn they are coming home from Iraq.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A wounded Iraq war veteran from Alton told the Illinois Senate on Tuesday to look past the "horrific images" from the Middle East and remember that U.S. soldiers were accomplishing positive things in the region.Stephen Rice, 23, a second lieutenant with the Illinois National Guard's 233rd Military Police Company, was presented with a proclamation on the Senate floor thanking him for his military service.
In a brief statement, Rice told the chamber that in addition to the suicide bombings and other dire news out of Iraq, schools and hospitals are being reopened, Iraqi police officers trained and the society there rebuilt.
"Your Illinois soldiers . . . are doing an amazing job under extraordinary conditions," Rice said.
No doubt others will have other things to say, and even discredited veteran JFK will find GI's to speak out against the war. Some might even provide gruesome details of atrocities they heard about others committing.
But with the sheer numbers coming home, the truth will out. Expect to have to look to the local press for coverage though.