Largest Reenlistment Ceremony

I got this in an email, and checked it on snopes...it is true

I’m sure you already know about this. It was shown over and over on TV, right?

OK, so maybe it wasn’t shown over and over, but surely it was shown on TV at
least one time, wasn’t it?
This was the largest re-enlistment ceremony ever
held in military history. The ceremony was held on the 4th of July, 2008 at Al
Faw Palace, Baghdad , Iraq . General David Petraeus officiated. This amazing
story was ignored by the ‘mainstream’ media.
For those who have been in the
Al Faw Palace, you’ll have a better appreciation of the number of people crammed
around the rotunda supporting the re-enlisting soldiers.American men and women
volunteering to stay longer in Iraq, so that when we leave, the new democracy
will have a chance of surviving, is the exact opposite of what the media wants
you to think about Iraq. If only a bomb had killed 5 civilians in a marketplace
- now that’s the kind of news the media is eager to tell you about.
A
pizzeria in Chicago donated 2000 pizzas that were made and shipped to Baghdad ,
and were delivered on the 4th.
The media did report that 2000 pizzas were
sent to Iraq on July 4th… The only part they left out of the report was the
event for which the pizzas were sent.
I can’t help but wonder…
What would
the opinion of Americans be if they weren’t getting such obviously biased
‘news?’

This is a very cool story. However, you won't see it in the news. From the websites and various blogs that did report this, I have already seen liberals blame this on their new talking point "Eight years of George Bush's failed economic policies", saying the troops had no choice but to reenlist because of the unemployment rate and the economy. While of course, this may be true in some cases, they will not recognize the fact that...wait for it...some military members may actually be patriotic and support what we are doing in Iraq and around the world. These are the people that are on the ground, seeing what we are doing there. One of our main missions over there is training and working with the Iraqi Security Forces (both the Iraqi Police and Army). Troops on the ground are getting to know these people very well. They are winning hearts and minds. They hear, from the people, the good we are doing. Military members are fully aware that when they reenilist, it most likely means at least another tour in the Middle East, yet they do it anyway. Oh, lets not even mention the fact that the new GI Bill that was approved, grants about 86, 000 dollars for school (plus some cash for housing and books). That is plenty incentive to get OUT! Yet these patriotic men and women decided to stay in.

Oh, and I could think of no greater Officer to reenlist me than General Petraeus