1.  What word best describes the tone of Rusty's commentary?  Explain your answer.

2.  Of the following 3 quotes, which is the most important to you?  Why?  Be specific.

• "There are those who don't like us, but they aren't showing their faces.  The ones who have seen the promise of a new day are out in the open and plentiful." Rusty Humphries
• "The Iraqis want the same thing we want in America: security, an opportunity to live, prosper, and have a good job.  They want to raise their children to live in an environment that gives them the opportunity to have something better than they had." Major Phelps (Civil Affairs Team Commander)

• These guys [American soldiers] are my heroes...Saddam not only killed many people, but tried to kill the souls of the rest of us...freedom is like air, and water.  We need it to survive; the Americans have brought an abundance of it.  I want to give thanks to the American people... you have given Iraq a chance to live and grow again." Iraqi citizen Musapha (Major Phelps' interpreter)

3.  Write at least 2 questions you would want Rusty to answer about his time in Iraq.  Email your questions to editor@studentnewsdaily.com  Unique questions will be posted in the "Thoughts from Students" section, and also emailed to Rusty.