With swords.
It’s Iraq. They do things differently there. CWO BillT has the gouge:
Interesting ceremony, too – it started with both the Iraqi and US national anthems, and I got a mild case of the startles when the AK-armed Iraqi security guy standing next to me transitioned from the Iraqi-style “Present Arms” during his anthem to a flawless US-style when ours was played… One of the kids nudged me when a DV started getting passionate in his address, and was interrupted by a standing ovation:
“He is saying that for the first time in our history, we are not doing things for one man, but we are doing it for all the people of Iraq. He is saying the US has showed us how, and we must not forget when we thank God every day, we must also ask him to bless the US.”
But they are getting them done.
Wow. Just flat out Wow.
I just wish we heard MORE about this kind of thing. I know it’s out there…..but MORE people need to hear it.
Oops. Sorry. Preachin’ to the choir there. I should know better.
Heh. Tammi – I shilled that out to numerous large right-of-the-aisle warblogs… none of whom, aside from the sailor here and Fuzzybear, deemed it linkworthy.
My ego demands that I blame their spam-filters.
Just the fact that photos and videos of the graduation and students are no longer a problem says a lot about changes in Iraq just since last year.
Awesome. I wish we got winged with swords.
I wish we got to wear bags to the winging, too.