"One moment, I was standing there with my buddies unloading a truck. The next moment, my ears picked up the distinct `pssst' sound homing in on us....<P><BR>"Hit the ground!" someone yelled.<P><BR>"Right behind the first mortar was a second, then a third, then a fourth. They each slammed into the earth with an enormous impact. The ground shook. The eight-story building above us shuddered, and we all covered our heads when the windows blew out.<P><BR>"As I lay there with glass and debris raining down on me, all I could think was, `Holy sh*t, what did I get myself into?'" <P>President Bush is fond of saying, "When Iraq can stand up, America can stand down." A large part of "standing up" is having a well-trained police force in place to maintain peace and order.
