It was a great day in Iraq today- the best part about it is I had a good night sleep, I slept hard for about four hours. Overall, from what I saw in Baghdad made me feel upbeat about the progress. I did notice a major problem was corruption. Iraq is a culture of survival of the fittest, that is an ingrained behavior for the Iraqis. Iraq produces about 1/3 of the world’s oil and there is a constant threat that it could fall into the wrong hands.

There is so much at stake if there is a U.S. void. I truly believe that void could be filled by Iran and al qeada, which would make for a scary world. I don’t think the stakes could be any higher. I believe that all the gains the Iraqis have made, the lives sacrificed, the sweat and the blood given could be gone in an instant.