Liberation - Looking at this

Liberation - Looking at this montage from Powerline, (thanks for the pointer, guys!), I'm reminded of a Stephen Ambrose quote, from "Citizen Soldiers" - I'm paraphrasing, here: Throughout history, a squad of armed 19-year-olds from an occupying army has been a terrifying thing; a squad of German, Russian or Japanese soldiers usually betided rape, looting and mayhem.

But Americans changed that. For the first time in history, a squad of armed-to-the-teeth teenagers brought with them chewing gum, baseball - and liberty.

We face problems in Iraq. The media, especially the likes of the Times and the BBC will make sure we know that.

But the simple fact is that an American army of liberation does exactly that.