Some 42nd ID soldiers believe Iraqi youths hold key to peaceful future

There are a lot of folks here who agree with much of this assessment.

“I think teenagers are the ones we should be trying to influence the most,” said Sgt. Stephen Borosh of Elkhart, Ind. “The kids are the future, but the [teens] are the ones a little bit closer to where we want to go.”

“If you go out to the outlying farm areas, you can see it in their eyes — they really like having you around,” Borosh said. “In the city, they’re more affected by the insurgency and what’s been going on here.”

In the daylight, they noticed the bomb had been placed at the corner of a school.

“It pisses you off is what it does,” Brawley said. “It’s one thing if [insurgents] don’t like us. But you put [the IED] next to a school. …”