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Report from Baghdad: MREs, swift-boating & Kevlar

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"Yes, but what if it wasn't so cumbersome and weighed 70% less?"

"Oh yeah!"

So. Let's do this, America. Let's develop light-weight Kevlar. Do it for the troops. Do it for ME!

PS: I finally got outside of the Army press office tonight. Some reporters took me for a brief tour of the Green Zone, which apparently is built over what used to be the Capitol area of Baghdad. It probably used to look pretty much like Washington DC -- with wide avenues, statues and monuments, museums and government buildings. We watched a beautiful orange-colored full moon rise over the Ministry of Interior. The air was clean and clear and warm, with a hint of a cool breeze. And off in the distance we could hear a car bomb explode.

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