Topic: Posts While on R&R
Walking through the streets of London, I truly enjoy the freedom of going wherever I want without having to worry about someone trying to kidnap me or something blowing up. I don't see any t-wall of concrete bunkers with "blast shelter" signs resting on top of them.

However, for the first time in a long time I actually had to worry about someone stealing my stuff. Petty theft just isn't a real concern to Americans living inside the Zone. The Iraqis who work for me are so worried about losing their jobs that they would probably quickly rat out anyone who tried to steal sometime from me, and the Americans on my compound realize how little of us have - they don't want to take one of the few possession that I have in Iraq.