The most difficult challenge an honest man will ever face is having to choose between duty and love.
One creates a man of honorable character; a life worth dying for.
The other creates a vulnerable soul that madly yearns for either death or immortality. ↗
But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough. ↗
We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation. ↗