Your Tax Dollars at Work, Defending Liberty, Spreading Democracy

Riverbend reports this intriguing story from Iraq TV—several channels, in fact:

“The Ministry of Defense requests that civilians do not comply with the orders of the army or police on nightly patrols unless they are accompanied by coalition forces working in that area.”

This is the same army and police that US forces have trained— for, hmmm, is it three years now?—to maintain security in Iraq. Mission Accomplished!