I almost glazed over this article on the front page of the AJC this morning. Call it "Iraq Fatigue" from reading the paper everyday, along with TIME and Businessweek.

I'm glad I didn't succumb. This is the touching story of just one of the human faces fighting an ugly war overseas. I believe Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Eaton, a 23 year career soldier, has few, if any, equals in his presence there or back here in the country he has pledged his life to defend.

If all our leaders were as well educated, enlightened, and introspective as this dutiful soldier, perhaps we would not be fighting a war at all.

I thank and salute you, Sgt Eaton, and pray that you will be safe at home to share in those letters and memories with your daughter when she turns 16.