General Petraeus Re-enlists Hundreds On The Fourth Of July In Iraq

In Saddam Hussein’s Al Faw Palace, 1215 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines raised their right hands and committed to a combined 5,500 years of additional service during the largest reenlistment ceremony in the history of the United States military.”

Within this group of service personnel, all fifty states were represented and personnel from each of the military services repeated the oath administered by General petraeus, Commander of Multi-National Forces Iraq. present and re-enlisting from all fifty states members of each of the services.

Soap Box Ravings is ashamed that this ceremony had such little impact with the news media. The better the troops do in Iraq the less you hear of them. Only losing is reportable news in our media.