Interview with a Soldier

Browsing the internet for an interview with a soldier that I hoped no one else would use for their blog project, I came across BlogHer.com, a blogging site for women.
Here is the link to one woman's blog post in which she describes an "interview"-like experience that she had with her brother when he returned home from Kuwait in 2006.

I think it's interesting that she had a string of questions ready for him once he got home. I have two friends deployed in Iraq and Aghanistan right now, but when they get back I probably won't see them for quite a while. If I did, though, I wonder if I would ask the same sort of questions that this woman has. I think she may have felt a bit more comfortable asking about what he "thought of the state of our government" and "what he thought of the Rumsfeld resignation and the military remarks of John Kerry" simply because he was her brother. I would probably have to be a little more reserved, although I'm sure I would have a slew of questions as well.

The one question that I really am dying to ask a soldier is: Do the Iraqis appreciate the U.S. presence and wish for it to continue?

At the end of this woman's blog post, I think it is extremely striking when the soldier says, "We are helping the Iraqi's to receive freedom. Freedom to have their own government, freedom for Iraqi women and children to receive an education. The list is large. If you can't even see past your own noses, and see the good that we are bringing, than you have no right to demand withdrawal from Iraq."
This post was written in 2006, when the war was a little over three years old. Now that almost two more years have passed, I wonder if the soldier's opinion has change or if his resolve has only been strengthened by recent successes in the country. I'd love to ask.