The other day, I was riding along in a convoy when I saw some teen age boys standing on the side of the road. One was bigger than the rest and was standing a little closer to the road than his friends. He then throws a rock at the truck in front of ours. An insurgent in the making? Nah, just boys being boys. I’m sure he was trying to show off to his buddies how tough he was by throwing a rock at the big truck with big guns. I guess it is the Iraqi equivalent of throwing an egg at a police car. Our guys did noting—it was no big deal. His buddies were patting him on the back and he was strutting like a peacock. Still looking to impress his buddies he then gave my truck the Middle Eastern equivalent of the finger. I just had to smile back at him—boys will be boys.
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