If you haven't seen this little tidbit of news about the airman comforting an Iraqi child after her parents and siblings were gunned down in front of her, check out this picture for just a brief glimpse into how our soldiers, sailors and airmen ARE making a difference, despite media hype and bias.

Meet Chief Master Sergeant John Gebhardt from right here at McConnell AFB.

It's our service men and women over there like this who are truly making a difference in the daily lives of Iraq.

 Check out the quote below if you think I'm being some sort of right-wing, blind-conservative. The Iraqis know we're helping them as well. It's hard to imagine with all the death and destruction on TV...but try :)

(CNSNEWS.com) U.S. media coverage of Iraq was so gloomy that during a recent visit to the U.S. the prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan wondered whether the situation had deteriorated to such a degree during his absence that he should stay away.

“CNN International and [Arabic television network] al-Jazeera are equally bad in their coverage of the situation in Iraq,” Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani was quoted as telling a visiting group of Americans on Monday.

“When I was in the United States recently and read the negative news in the Washington Post, New York Times and in the network TV broadcasts, I even wondered if things had gotten so bad since I had left that I shouldn’t return,” he said.

Barzani was speaking during a meeting with a group of Americans who have lost sons during the conflict in Iraq. The group is in the country, according to the trip organizers, to learn for themselves what their loved ones died for.

~Dubya