Stardate 20030414.2050

(On Screen): I see the seed of something that may last for decades in two headlines:

Pentagon: Major Combat in Iraq Finished
Mighty 4th Infantry Finally Enters Iraq

I think that the soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division will never hear the end of this.

"Fashionably late, I see."
"Caught in traffic, were you?"
"All dressed up and nowhere to go."

It is, of course, not their fault. And there's a lot of work to be done in Iraq, and before it's finished some members of the 4th will end up as casualties. But having them finally enter Iraq just as the Marines capture the last major objective of the war is a truly unfortunate coincidence for the 4th.