February 15, 2006
God prepared and delivered unto them the courageous soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who liberated this city, ridding it of Zarqawi’s followers after harsh fighting, killing many terrorists, and forcing the remaining butchers to flee the city like rats...
This, making the rounds, is a little thank-you note to those whom the Mayor of Tall 'Afar, Iraq, calls
not only courageous men and women, but avenging angels sent by The God Himself to fight the evil of terrorism.
Model discourse of its kind, in the context of oppression and survival.
Rambling: Partly because one can say, as in a much more trivial context:
I had finally found a place that made me feel like a dull elder statesman who parsed his sentences carefully and made a career out of avoiding controversy.
And what a title! To Hate Like This is to Be Happy Forever.
The latter via Newmark's Door
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