and the buildings are low and sandy-colored and there are kids on every street corner shouting hey joe at you and waving and running alongside of your humvee and you slow down and the marine says speed up cause if you slow down theyll be all over you and there are men in those raghead scarves and they are standing outside of coffee shops and they are looking at you with dark expecting eyes and they make you feel a little scared , and you turn right and up a street alongside a river and the marine taps you on the shoulder and yells thats the tigris river and you can remember that name from sunday school .