Road Rage Potential?

Here's Seth's latest email....to understand why Seth is pleased with his squad's new name, you have to understand his love of pigs. I don't know where it came from, but Seth has always liked pigs. In fact, during the one art class he took in high school, he made a pig statue, a pig pin for his mother and numerous drawings of pigs! Here' the email:

Dear Family and Friends,

I hope this e-mail finds you all doing well and continuing to enjoy the autumn season. The weather here has not cooled down much, but it will soon enough. While the weather here is hot, it is not nearly as bad as the humid scorching days that we endured while at Shelby. My recent trip off base went well, it was another good experience. We went up to a base up north that is at the Syrian border. Myself and the squad I work with are feeling more and more comfortable every day with the job we are doing. While we were out this last time we had a group discussion and decided on a squad name. Every group that goes out has a name to use as their call sign over the radio, we have decided that our new squad name is going to be "War Pigs!" I was pleased with the decision, I think it will work well. We are looking into getting t-shirts made as well as patches for our uniform. I like my squad a lot and enjoy spending time with them. We work well together and also make sure to have a lot of fun. I'm going to share just some random events and thoughts from my last two patrols:

While unloading some road barriers for the Iraqi Police alongside a road we had two Iraqi men in a truck come up to our location. They stopped their truck and got out of the vehicle. They spoke enough broken English that we could understand them. They wanted to pass us, because they lived on the other side of where we were dropping off these barriers. However because of the amount of military vehicles that were doing this work it was impossible for them to pass. They explained to us that earlier in the day they had left their home and had been stopped at a checkpoint for two hours, now they were heading home and had to wait again. It took us another two hours to complete our work, the Iraqi men sat their helpless because this was the only way to get to their house.

As our convoy moves down the highways no cars are allowed to pass us, and the cars coming in the opposite direction are forced to move off the road. If these vehicles do not comply we are authorized to use force to make them comply. Our convoy sometimes moves as slow as 20 mph due to the heavy loads that are sometimes being moved. The traffic piles up behind us and to the sides of the roads as we move by.

This is their country, but we are the law. I understand their frustrations and feel for the people. Just as they cheered when Sadaam fell, I am sure they will celebrate when the United States leaves their country. It will be a nice day for these people when they can drive down the road without worrying about running across a convoy, when they can drive without being constantly stopped and searched at the checkpoints that frequent the roadsides of this country. Next time you get caught in some traffic due to construction or a slow stoplight just remember, it could be a lot worse.
Take care and I will talk to you all soon,
Lots of Love,
Seth