This Is Another Reason On Why I Am Happy That We Are Withdrawing Form Iraq

Capt Richard Holmes, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2006 Photo: MoD

The Price Of Peace: The Army Officer Betrayed By The Iraqis He Tried To Help -- The Telegraph

Capt Richard Holmes's bridge-building approach helped set the template for a new military strategy in Iraq. But he was betrayed by the very people whose trust he worked so hard to win

On a cold, grey February morning in 2006, Capt Richard Holmes led a BBC film crew through the streets of Amarah in southern Iraq.

The normally bustling town was eerily still, and the locals threw furtive, unfriendly glances at the convoy as it passed.

Holmes, well aware of his duty to impress upon the British media that the reconstruction of Iraq was a success, did his best to sound upbeat.

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My Comment: This story .... like many others that I have read and posted over the years .... reminds me of the saying .... the road to hell is always paved with good intentions.

Indeed.