Sorry I haven’t written in a few days but I was busy running around Baghdad with meetings, doing the combat tourism thing, etc…

Great time but exhausting.  I left Sunday and got back about 4AM this morning.  I would have written this morning but between not eating for over a day and not sleeping for about twice that I just wanted to get out of my nasty cammies, get a shower, and catch a few hours of sleep.

Great thing about being out here by myself is that when I do go non-stop for a day or two I can crash when I want.  Well, for the most part.

Over the next couple days I will tell you more about my past few days of experiences.  Got to meet General David Petraeus for a picture, sit in Sodomy Hussein’s conference room (picture below), unofficially toured his old palace (now the official US embassy), and take my first ride in an MRAP and then a RHINO.

Great meetings too.  Met with a Dr. of Economics to discuss the developing Iraqi Banking System which in my opinion will have the same problems the US faces because of fractional-reserve banking.  I’ll get all geeky with you later about this problem that must be corrected for credit and the value of our money to have real worth.

Meet with a SSgt who is involved with the Iraqi elections and expect to have ongoing discussion with her and hope to personally take a role for the Al Anbar province.

Besides that met a few Colonels, Generals and Admirals for a meet and greet nothing specific.

Lastly, I will tell you about Lost Lake which is where the Hussein’s supposedly threw their chopped up victims in.  The nickname for Lost Lake is because many believe that’s where their loved ones now rest.

So again, I apologize for not writing sooner but expect to start doing so tomorrow morning.

Semper Fi,

GySgt Jonathan Jenkins

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