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Wednesday, March 26, 2003
"Dawn came early this morning. Like a big Bloody Mary in the sky."
Michael Kelly's dream has come true (no, not the Sally Quinn party invite)...he's a "war correspondent" in Iraq. Embedded like a suppository in the butt of the 3rd Infantry Division, Michael tells us that War is Hell™.
On Monday afternoon, in a stifling hot tent that had been rigged up as the tactical operations center for the 3rd Infantry's 1st Brigade, Maj. Benjamin Matthews sat half-slumped in a metal folding chair by a metal folding table in the sand. He looked very tired. Outside, a moderate sandstorm was beginning to kick up, and the air in the tent was hazy with brown dust.
Looks like someone has been boning up on his Hemingway...
Matthews had arrived hours earlier here at the center of the 3rd Infantry's forces in southern Iraq, after more than 30 hours of hard desert driving and -- unexpectedly -- fighting.
Matthews is the fire support officer for the 1st Brigade. He had traveled here in a small convoy of unarmored vehicles filled with fellow headquarters officers and staff. He had been following a route already covered by combat units, and by the time of his journey -- three days after the invasion of Iraq began -- this route was supposed to be secured. It had not been.
Short declarative sentences....I like it. It's so....manly. So world weary. Just Chickenhawk Kelly sitting around in a tent with soldiers talking about war, and casualties, and freedom, and fighting the good fight and getting back home to that special gal...did I show you her picture?
Meanwhile, back at the Kuwait City Hilton, a dusky maid restocks the mini-bar and turns down the bed...hoping that her man gets back safely...and pays his Spectravision bill.
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