Newspapers constantly remind us of the conflict just four years past. Landmines are still here.
Unexploded bombs are a fact of life.
And a trip north toward Iraq, reveals the wreckage of war strung out along Mutlaa Ridge where the Coalition forces devastated the retreating Iraqis. Recently, I was out in the desert near Mutlaa and I stumbled across the grave of an unknown soldier. Only a simple wooden marker sits atop the spot, and only the scorching desert wind visits the grave, whipping across the sun-baked sand. It reminded me of the other graves, marked graves among the cedar hills of Hardin County. And in some of those graves lie forgotten solders of past American wars.