Here is some absolutely gripping first-hand reporting of goings-on in Iraq. And more, more, more, more, and many more…

The nobility of the military profession is eminent, and starkly contrasts the triviality of our day-to-day activities. It reminds me of deep sensibility in the clever satirical movie Starship Troopers. In that world, one become a voting citizen of a nation not by merely living there, but by serving in its armed forces, thereby risking one’s life for one’s nation.