Love is in the air in Baghdad

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-06-06 07:59pm

Little by little, as they passed in and out of the military checkpoint outside their office, certain journalists of the Iraqi Media Network fell in love with certain soldiers of the Third Infantry Division.

Notes were passed. Admiring phrases were translated into Arabic. And when the unit was transferred to Fallujah several weeks ago, letters were written about the pain of parting.

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Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-06-06 08:53pm

not allowed to look them in the eye?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-06 09:44pm

Awwwww. That's nice.

Though surely somewhere the US Military has goggles that can see through clothes?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-06-08 06:50pm

Ahhhh the form of writing letters is not forgotten....~Jason

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-06-08 07:05pm

*thinks of that Visa commercial with the bunnies*

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-06-08 08:12pm

Reading that article gave me a warm fuzzy feeling.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-08 11:04pm

*cues large, watery eyes* That's so sweet! *blows nose*

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-06-08 11:06pm

It would be interesting to see if there are a significant number of Iraqi war brides coming home.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-06-08 11:12pm

Stravo wrote:It would be interesting to see if there are a significant number of Iraqi war brides coming home.

Ultimate way to integrate a culture.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-06-08 11:48pm

From the article:

''There were a couple [marriage] proposals here and there,'' said O'Connor, 29, who found himself acting as a conduit between his colleagues and soldiers. ''Usually it was the women proposing to the men. Not all of them were accepted.''

Emphasis mine.

That means there WERE some Iraqi war brides

. Someone should do a study of American military conflicts and the number of war brides taken.

I know my friend's grandmother came back from Italy with his grandfather. How many war brides do ya reckon came out of Iraq?

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-06-09 07:42am

Ultimate way to integrate a culture.

Not quite sure about it. The Iraqi families with their daughters married to an american would certainly view americans differently. However that would not solve the problems plauging the americans in Iraq.

Iraqis like most people around the world do not hate americans. It is the American goverments double standards policy that they despise. Intermarriages between Americans and Iraqis would improve the American image in Iraq but that will never convince the Iraqis that what America is doing in regions like Israel and Palestine is correct.

What is needed is a fundermental change of US forengein policy. President Bush needs to wake up and understand why 95% people around the world opposed the Iraq war. The US won the war in Iraq but permanently lost its image in the world as the source of freedom and libertly. The more wars the US take part in the more will the rest of the world grow anti American. Eventualy the ailing US economy would collapse as exports fail and the rising costs of so many wars hurt it even harder and in the end US no longer remains a superpower.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-09 07:57am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:From the article:

''There were a couple [marriage] proposals here and there,'' said O'Connor, 29, who found himself acting as a conduit between his colleagues and soldiers. ''Usually it was the women proposing to the men. Not all of them were accepted.''
Emphasis mine.

That means there WERE some Iraqi war brides . Someone should do a study of American military conflicts and the number of war brides taken.

I know my friend's grandmother came back from Italy with his grandfather. How many war brides do ya reckon came out of Iraq?

Very few if any, since the troops where mostly away from civilian areas, and only spent weeks or a few months inside Iraq. Also, far more troops are married today then ever before.