Wow...thanks for the post. It is AWESOME to have updates from the field. I am so proud of you guys.

One thought..I dont really find the corruption in the Iraqi guard to be shocking. I worked in Mexico for a while and thats the way the police are there...They are not really your friends like they are in the US...mostly because they arent paid enough and get the rest by extortion. Even their leaders are power brokers that manipulate people to get what
they want...and then set up a mafia to keep it.

We are so spoiled by our Judeo Christian heritage that we think that people are automatically born thinking " Do unto others" when that's just not true. You get that way by being taught the rule of law...and it takes a long time.