Also while I ran convoy protection in Iraq 2004-2005 we had interpreters that were Iraqi citizens with us. One of them that became like a brother to me told me how much he appreciated what we were doing there to protect the people from the Taliban that were the real threat to them. People here have no idea what it's actually like in Iraq or that we prevented a genocide. The amount of ignorance I have seen and has been directed towards us Veterans is jaw dropping. People would rather listen to someone like Michael Moore, who doesn't know the first thing about the armed forces, instead of those of us who lived it.