If only for the two page spread on what our Marines are doing in Iraq.  The article ends with this story:

Got a tough but heartwarming story and a picture of a medical Chief, John Gebhardt in Iraq

This little child's entire family was executed by insurgents. . . . it was their intention to execute her also as evidenced by a shot to her head, but they failed to kill her.

She was cared for by John's hospital unit and began healing, but the psychological and physical pain had led to increasing crying and moaning.  Little could be done to bring her comfort until the nurses noticed that she always settled down when John held her.  It may have been the smell, the sense of safety or any number of other factors.  For whatever reason the nurses said John is the only one she seems to calm down with, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they sleep in that chair.

The child's recuperation is coming along nicely.

We can only hope that she recovers entirely — and that we and the Iraqis bring those who tried to kill her to justice.

As I said in this post, it is not hard to understand the basic issue in Iraq: Our terrorist enemies want to kill Iraqi civilians — and we want to protect those civilians, including that little girl in the arms of John Gebhardt.

(The June issue is not available on line, but will be eventually.   As they warn you at the site, the issues load slowly, even for those with broadband connections.)