Put out more books
A soldier serving in Iraq wrote us recently and asked us to withhold his name for reasons explained below:
Scott,UPDATE: A reader writes expressing concern that the post office will not accept packages to Iraq without a named recipient. I have to think a package addressed to the Library would be acceptable but will write the Counterinsurgency Center to ask for the name of an officer to whom we can have packages addressed.I work at the Counterinsurgency Center for Excellence within Iraq. Our Center is building a library for recreational reading as well as to facilitate critical thinking across the spectrum of current topics with which we must be conversant. I noticed months ago your readers assisted a Marine unit with related books, and in particular those that provide a conservative political and economic perspective the mainstream media, public schools and our universities rarely provide. Would you please consider assisting us in this way, also?
If you or your readers would consider assisting, please send the books to the following address:
Headquarters COIN CFE, ATTN: LibraryI have thoroughly enjoyed reading your Blog during the last two years, and I recommend its content to as many people as I find that are interested in recognizing and understanding the truth. As with Mr. Limbaugh, who is very popular in military circles you do not dictate what to think. You facilitate our thinking for ourselves by discussing the issues and providing perspective. Contrary to the far Left, you urge freedom of speech and opinion and often provide multiple sides of the issues.
Camp Taji, Iraq
APO AE 09378Should you choose to assist us, please don’t use my name on your site. Though we are well-known in Iraq, our staff and faculty try to keep a low public profile. I would appreciate your assistance in this regard.
Wishing you and your readers the best of good fortune, and the same to the other two gentlemen who write on your site.
Jon Stein of Cold Spring Press also writes: "Saw the post just now that Camp Taji, Iraq needs books. We don't have any current political books that would fit the bill, but since the library they're building is also for recreational purposes, I think the folks there would be interested in our just-released Night Trains by ex-"Good News From Iraq" blogger Arthur Chrenkoff. It's an alternate reality war thriller that would be perfect for anyone looking for a great read! I'm sending them off a copy today."
