Blasts from the Past

Follow this link and you'll find an awe-inspiring post from Blackfive. It reveals the raw courage and commitment of one of our troops, recovering from combat wounds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It's likely you've already seen it - several high traffic blogs have linked it this weekend. It's a sensation. It's that good - it's worthy of all the attention it gets.

And it's over a year old. Which is about par for the course on Iraq news in certain blogs these days. (Did you know Victory in Iraq Day was November 22 of this year?) Based on that one-year-behind timetable, in about six months or so they're going to discover this story:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A few days after the New York Times published a story detailing network reporters’ concerns about war coverage, three soldiers wounded in Iraq expressed a dim view of how they see the war depicted on television.

"You always hear about the explosions or people being killed, but you never really hear about how the people are being helped, or how much they appreciate it," Spc. Hein Tran, 28, of Milpitas, Calif., said after receiving a Purple Heart today at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for wounds suffered May 10 in an explosion northeast of Baghdad.

Pfc. Alex Knapp, 22, of Shelby Township, Mich., who lost both legs in a roadside bombing on March 14, agreed with Tran.

"It's a little on the negative side because all we really hear about are deaths and injuries," Knapp said.

"It is time for us to come home, and I truly believe that," Tran said. "I think Iraq can hold its own right now if we were to leave."