Great read, David. I’d like to return to N. Iraq, but not in the goddawful summer heat. I still worry that Abbas was able to get that tarry shitty grime washed off his car…… good to see that Turkiye is striving to improve their intrastructure. I guess they need decent roads in anticipation of all their military vehicles. Most of all I worry for all the folks in those roadside villages we “breezed” through. It can’t be a good thing to have soldier installations, at the ready, in your midst.
Now I’m inspired to add my words to Lee’s Polo’s Bastard’s. Thanks for the article.