I remember reading Riverbend 's first post on reconstruction after Gulf War I. After coming close to tears for the umpteenth time while reading her posts, I couldn't help but smile at this:

"Note: I was tempted to stamp all the ‘after’ pictures with “AMERICANS DID NOT RECONSTRUCT THIS” as I know that in a month some clueless Republican will send them back to me with the words, “Look at how we reconstructed your country!”. "