A glimpse inside one soldier's implacable courage

This is from a brief interview with Captain David Rozelle, who lost a foot in Iraq and then returned to active duty there a year later:
NRO: You've done your service, man, why would you ever want to go back?

Captain Rozelle: It is my duty. By accepting command, I knew that I would eventually return to Iraq. I am smarter, stronger, and more ready to help create freedom for the Iraqi people.

NRO: Deployment is hard on a marriage — as it is on your whole family. And for you as a young father. Why is it worth it nonetheless?

Captain Rozelle: I am a warrior. It is a mindset that allows you to leave your family. Those that are afraid to leave their family to accomplish something great will never achieve anything.

NRO: If Americans could know only one thing about why we are in Iraq, what would you want that to be?

Captain Rozelle: Freedom. You don't know what it is until you lose it. We are giving it back for the first time in most of their lives.

NRO: If there was only one thing Americans could know about the enemy, what would you like it to be?

Captain Rozelle: They are cowards that hide behind women and children. We will destroy them.
Can anything be added to that?

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