A Story for Veterans Day
The Blackhawk helicopter hovered low over a field in the Sunni Triangle. A lone child, about twelve years old, glances up. Someone, his father, or perhaps an older brother, has taught him to hate Americans — which is why the boy picks up a rock and takes aim.
Army reservist Steven Kiel, who is serving in Iraq, describes what happens next.
“The gunner has something in his hand, too, and he’s a bit quicker,” Kiel writes in NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE. “Whoosh! A soccer ball flies out of the door of the chopper.” For a moment, the boy stands in utter disbelief. He then “collects himself enough to run after the ball.” Once he retrieves it, “he looks up and with a smile from ear to ear, . . . excitedly waves” to his American benefactors.“Another friend is made,” Kiel writes. “Another member of the next generation is converted.”
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Blackhawks, Soccer Balls, and Freedom
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