Fallujah Rising From The Ashes

This is one of those stories that does your heart good, that you want to rub in the faces of the naysayers on the Left, that you want to see more of. Our brave military people do not get the credit they deserve, while over there doing what few of us would be willing or even able to do. Look what they're doing in Fallujah.

As I traveled through the slowly repopulating city — about half of the original 250,000 are believed to have returned — I saw awesome scenes of destruction. But I also saw thriving markets, stores selling candy and ice cream, and scores of children delighted to see Americans. I did more waving than the beauty queen in the 4th of July parade and the kids squealed with delight when I took their picture.

Imagine, our military greeted with smiles and waves. Don't see much reporting on that in the mainstream press, do you?

Williams and his counterpart at the Corp of Engineers, Maj. Daniel Hibner, don’t have the simple goal of restoring prewar Iraq. “The baseline is crappy so why go back to that?” says Williams. “We did do some damage but the repairs are taking these people far beyond where they were."

Not only are we restoring their power better than it was before, but our goal is to have all power restored and running water to all homes by Jan. 2006. We are helping to rebuild schools and hospitals and also build new ones. Our military is making Fallujah a much better place than it was before we got there. How many countries can claim their military does such things?

Where is the media? Where is the coverage NOW of Fallujah? We certainly got it day in and day out when we were sustaining casualties there. Fallujah is still a dangerous place, make no mistake, but it is getting better by the day...therefore apparently the media is no longer interested.

Of course there are negatives in the War on Terror, and I don't have enough of a military mind to try and second-guess the President's decisions. However, I think it is important to point out stories such as the above which highlight America's character. Whether or not we make mistakes along the way, and of course we will, we have done and are doing the right thing. Never forget that.