David and I have been having great fun reading the answers to the pop quiz.  No one has gotten the 100% correct answer, but the Judges are lenient and may let the closest one win.

Heck, the Judges may have to let a lot of people with really insightful and witty answers win.

Ever since returning from Baghdad I have felt that the coalition is already at war with Iran.

Bill Roggio lays out the details.

Via Instapundit.

In the past I have cautioned people against making predictions about Iraq as they have a habit of not coming true. 

But, one prediction I made in late April has, unfortunately, come true. 

"Al Qaeda killed his whole family.  Fighting Al Qaeda is his life," the 1st Sergeant told me of Iraqi Police Lieutenant Zyeed. 

"Get the National Police out of here.  I think this guy is willing to cooperate but won't talk in front of them," the Captain said. 

These conversations took place one month and 35 miles apart and capture the state of the Iraqi Police. 

I just took my 15th helicopter ride in Iraq.  I wonder when I start qualifying for points and miles? 

All the grunts dig my Dragon Skin body armor by Pinnacle and wish they had Dragon Skin.  It fits well and the fit takes a lot of the load off my shoulders which makes it a lot more comfortable.  The flexibility is also nice when traversing walls and rooftops. 

I leaned up against the humvee and cried in the parking lot of Fallujah Surgical. 

I knew right then I was not cut out for this type of work. 

It was even worse a few weeks later on a rainy night in Baghdad...

Fallujah, Iraq--

I have a new pet-peeve.

Some would say it is not new and that it just reached a tipping point.

The peeve?  Columnists, politicians, pundits, talking heads, talk-show hosts, bloggers and humans in general trying to comment on the situation in Iraq when they are not in Iraq, have never been in Iraq and will never go to Iraq.

The tipping point?

News item:  Green Zone food supply disrupted, spokesman "misses yogurt in the morning and my fresh-cut melon."

Meanwhile at OP Anchorage in Kharma....

"He says he knows who planted the IED," the interpreter said.

Captain Gregory stood there dumbfounded...

In the foyer outside the Tactical Operations Center of JSS Black Lion poster sized Post-it note is on display.

"When historians write about the war in Iraq they will write about the invasion of 2003 and the Surge...."

The media is already here in force...