To Win The Hearts And Minds....

One must understand the hearts and minds of those they woo.

(Reuters)I am the guy who is working on essential services," says the commander of the 4th Brigade's Special Troops Battalion, who is responsible for almost all of Baghdad west of the Tigris.

"The bottom line is that if we cannot provide Joe Mohammad with an improved situation, then he knows that nothing has changed. That fuels support for the insurgency and militias."

Why not just call him Joe Turban or Jane Burka. But let's net forget we are asking men, who have been trained to kill and have been embattled for three years now, to be peacemakers. It's not really a fair request.