The Story of Kalat
This picture of the statue below was made by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. This artist was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country, he melted 3 of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades. Kalat worked on this night and day for several months.
To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms. It is currently on display outside the palace that is now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped and shown at the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas.
Isn't it a shame you had to read this story here on AR and not see it on the national news (CBS, NBC, ABC)!
Tomorrow morning I will say goodbye to my son as he enters the United States Marine Corps. He does so to make a difference in the world and in his life. He enters for all the good reasons young men and women enter the branches of our military.
The story of Kalat should remind us all that, while there is much discussion about the right or wrong of our liberation of Iraq, that there is good that has come from it.
War is horrid. One death of a soldier is one too many....but there is good in every story. Too bad we hear so little about the good.
Kalat gets it.
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