"Since we went to Iraq," says German member of US military, "many things have turned out well"

Philipp Heinz meets a foreigner who is nervously awaiting his tour of duty in Iraq (danke zu Gregory).

"You can never really prepare yourself for a war," [a 23-year-old German serving in the U.S. National Guard] admits. "It will always be a little different from what you expect."

But unlike many of his countrymen, [Raymond] Ritzau says the war in Iraq was right:

"I think, since we [the US military] went to Iraq, many things have turned out well. I think that overall it was a good idea."

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