It would be wonderful, indeed, if the focus of the MSM could be on this type of story rather than the bad news with which we’ve all become so accustomed. What can we do to bring about such a change of focus? Perhaps by the persistence of this type of story, simply staying in the face of the negative and emphasizing the positive.

Our sons and daughters are the heroes of today and they deserve to be recognized!

Max – I had the same thoughts as I read it. We take so much for granted here yet someone in Iraq felt fulfilled by touching a soldier. Which I confess would comfort me as well – knowing that they stand between the rest of us and a grim fate.

Not only our standard of living, but our laws, rights, etc. Just the way we LIVE our lives. He has a new found respect for America and what so many here take for granted.

Thanks for posting this, Lex.

Soldiers seen as angels of grace. American soldiers. In Iraq. After five years.

Think about that, folks. The daily news tell us that unemployment is 6%, stock market is dropping, price of milk is still right up there and let’s not forget the credit crunch…

And here’s a woman wanting only to touch the face of an American trooper she sees as an angel of grace.

To those of us who’ve never seen hardship, never known fear on a daily basis, this should put all of our troubles into perspective.

I reflect upon my grandparents, who saw the dust-bowl days, the Great Depression, living in a car driving from town to town looking for work, surviving. And I look at the current generation, and I kind of wonder what the hell was in the water when they were born.

Trade places with an Iraqui for a few days, you might just find things here aren’t as bad as you thought.

– Max