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I still don’t know what to think by airborneirish

But my wife sent me this link a couple of weeks ago and I sobbed after watching it. Even 3 years ago I thought there was no way I would go back there. But this instagram reel gave me hope and made me consider that perhaps something good may come from our time there yet.

I am glad we continue to have a presence in Iraq. I would seethe with anger if we had another Afghanistan in Iraq. But these are the feelings I try to tamp down and bubble up at times… and others get caught in the crossfire of that misplaced anger.