Its good to be back guys. I had a great time at our social events thus far. I'm happy to put this post to rest. . .
oh, I need to confess. Iraqis don't have the "women are for work/babies, men are for pleasure" mentality that was written near the beginning of this thread. Its a horrible stereotype quite similar to all stereotypes and I shouldn't have mindlessly passed it on.
If there was one lesson I learned this deployment working and chatting with the Iraqis (possibly the most polar opposite minded people from us Anglo-Saxon white Americans), its that people around the world are largely the same in their thoughts and views on EVERYTHING, its the last 1% or 2% that we fight so bitterly about. That goes for Americans fighting with ourselves as well. As fucked up as we seem right now, the constitution is designed so that we'll eventually unfuck ourselves as long as we stick to the founding ideals and basically just give a shit. The rest is details.
God Bless the USA, this place is incredible. . .