The outstanding Michael Yon has a new post up called the Battle for Mosul. It's a four parter and to set up the most recent article, he's re-posting the first installments. They are well worth the read for he gives a better insight into what's actually going on in Iraq than anything I've found.
If this doesn't illustrate the bravery and professionalism of the modern American military, I don't know what does-
"the terrorists began seizing and trying to hold entire neighborhoods in Mosul. They carefully selected terrain that would be defensible, stationed fighters with rockets and machine guns on rooftops. They lined streets with explosives, apparently believing they could keep out the Americans. The 25th Infantry would roll into the strongholds and kill dozens of fighters at a clip. One linear ambush was more than a mile long. The 1-24th was caught by surprise. But after they managed to fight through to the end of the ambush, the commander, who was in the thick of the fight, ordered his men to turn around and head back into the ambush, then led his men into the kill zone to kill more enemy. The insurgents stopped using this tactic."
Read it all.
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