Operation New Dawn

As some of you know I have been in Iraq for about one month now, and by far the most striking things I have seen are the environmental travesties being committed daily. Almost everyone one looks the least environmentally sound choices are being made. By themselves they seem like small things, but as part of the big picture they compound into some serious problems. Now I am not so naive that I don't realize there are instances, given the nature of military operations, when an environmentally conscious solution cannot be implemented.
With that being said we have been here seven years and in that time more lasting solutions could have been implemented.
Sadly, they have not.
So I will give all of you back home a look at how a few things are done, and possibly how they could be done differently to minimize the impact we have on the local environment.
Operation Iraqi Freedom has now officially become Operation New Dawn.
If it is truly to be a new dawn for this country and its people, then they must also learn how to care for the environment they inhabit. If mistreated, as it is now, then it will surely grant no peace and security to those who have disrupted it.
First the Iraqi people must be taught how to do this, and as we all know the best way to lead is by example.