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Totten’s Final “Back To Iraq” Essay

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Blogging, The War On Terrorism, The World, War

Michael is wrapping up the series. Here’s a taste…

Would we have to fly out from Erbil? There is only one commercial flight every week from Erbil to Istanbul. We would have to wait in Iraq for a week – a whole week – without any cash in a country that has no international banks, has no ATMs, and accepts no credit cards. We would have to figure out some way to get ourselves onto that plane without any money. Then, after we got back to Istanbul, we would have to rent yet another car and drive all the way back to Iraq again to pick up the first car and the luggage. I felt like I was going to be sick.

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