Saturday, December 20, 2003

Bravery in Iraq

Quite a few American, British and other soldiers are facing a very dangerous time in Iraq, and nobody can doubt their bravery. Yet I think the most interesting person there is the U.S. civil administrator, Paul Bremer. He was in his hotel when rebels hit it with RPG anti-tank weapons. He was in his convoy when it was attacked a couple of weks ago. And yet he's still on the job and still touring around Iraq. The American soldiers are anonymous targets, but Bremer clearly is not. He has to know that every rebel in the country is specifically targeting him, and he has already survived several assassination attempts. To my mind, that's an uncommon sort of bravery.

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