When you say the troop surge is working, what do you mean? There is still Al-Qaeda in Iraq (which was NOT there bofore the 2003 invasion); there is still Sadr and all the other bad actors. The U.S. forces haven’t done much to really help the people of Iraq, except building a few lovely little schoolhouses to teach the kiddos about Darwinism, secular humanism, and the importance of condom use.

Not to mention that the war itself is a flagrant violation of international law, that it does nothing to combat terrorism (if Bush really wanted to fight a war on terror, he would have gone after SAUDI ARABIA), and that it’s part of an oil-fueled political agenda. Not to mention that the Congressional Republicans, who are ostensibly “pro-life”, can stand in solidarity with the Bush administration as 4,000 American soldiers are killed over a five-year period. Not to mention the 60,000 Iraqis and foreigners who have also died in this same ordeal.

Since the surge happened there might be five bombings per month, instead of ten like there were before it, but how many bombings were going on per month before the war started? ZERO…

Praise God.

“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” - Isaiah 40:8

It’s been awesome watching everything going on in your life over the past year, and even better, getting to be involved in it in a way I’d hardly imagined happening so soon. It’s like a dream Kierstyn, and it’s a beautiful privilege.

Yay for 2008

May God bless you richly with peace and wisdom as you walk in His ways, girl!