A woman who worked for a contractor in Iraq recounts the untold story of the reconstruction effort and how this story was and is completely ignored by the MSM (via Gates of Vienna):

It’s difficult to accept feeling lied about when you are unable to do anything to correct it. It’s hard to feel unappreciated and unvalued when you have lost much while accomplishing sincerely worthwhile goals. But most of all, it is hard to accept profane vanity raising itself into the spotlight as it shuns the sweat, the courage and the lost lives of the more deserving. It makes you feel disrespected at a very deep level.

A must read.