A Stoic Face Shows Up In Iraq
From (of all places) today's Sid Hartman column in the Star Tribune:
Former Vikings coach Bud Grant, back from a week of visiting the troops in Iraq with a group of NFL alumni, said the soldiers have a different view about the situation there than what is being told here.
"They called it 'Meet and Greet' the troops," Grant said. "We weren't like politicians. We weren't with the generals."
Grant said the one thing the troops wanted to convey was the situation there is not like it is portrayed by the media in this country.
"They've got a job to do," Grant said. "They hate [CBS news anchor] Dan Rather because he only wants to talk about who got killed. And they're doing so much more than killing people or getting killed. They are supporting the countryside, they're helping them keep everything as peaceful as they can. They're opening schools and waterways and electrical outlets. They're doing things to help the country."
"There's so much good that's going on, so many good things that they're out there every night patrolling, keeping the peace as much as they can, helping people get on their feet, establishing roads and communication," Grant said. "So much is good, and nobody wants to report that."
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