# Back From Iraq **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108 "2004-07-21T01:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/1 "2004-07-21T01:29:06Z")
Hello Fellow Dopers, I just got back from Iraq. To those who sent well wishes, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/2 "2004-07-21T01:32:52Z")
Damn! :: Hurriedly sweeps the place, tosses out the old magazines, decorates the place with streamers, balloons, and a big-ass “Welcome Home” banner :: Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/3 "2004-07-21T01:37:20Z")
Welcome home! And thank you. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/4 "2004-07-21T01:47:43Z")
Welcome home! Good to see you’re back safe. ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/5 "2004-07-21T01:49:26Z")
> [@WillSantini](#): > > Hello Fellow Dopers, > > I just got back from Iraq. To those who sent well wishes, thank you. Welcome back!!! My brother just got back Sunday from being gone 445 days. I can’t even imagine what it must have been like for everyone. His unit is scheduled to go back next year, but I’m fervently hoping everything will have calmed down drastically by then. Thank you for all you’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/6 "2004-07-21T01:54:20Z")
Welcome back, and thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/7 "2004-07-21T02:21:59Z")
Welcome back. This calls for an AC/DC song: I’m backkkkk from Iiiiiraaaaq… Watermelonnnnnn Lemondaiiiiide :::cue guitar solo::::: ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/8 "2004-07-21T02:24:35Z")
Welcome home! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/9 "2004-07-21T02:42:08Z")
Welcome home, [Teach](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237169&highlight=western)! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/10 "2004-07-21T03:19:06Z")
welcome Home !!! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/11 "2004-07-21T03:35:50Z")
_Doing the happy dance!_ Welcome back **WillSantini**!!! I take it you still have all your pieces/parts? Here’s some virtual cookies to go with the decorations **Hal Briston** put up! **COME ON PEOPLE!!!** We need to get a party going on here! (Waves flag) But seriously, we all are truly glad to see you back. Keep in touch when you can, and maybe sometime we’ll have another Western and get the schoolteacher married off to a pretty girl! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/12 "2004-07-21T06:47:02Z")
Welcome back, and many MANY thanks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/13 "2004-07-21T06:53:25Z")
[Reverend Jim]Thank you![Jim] 😃 Oh, and welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/14 "2004-07-21T06:54:05Z")
Welcome, welcome, welcome! And our eternal gratitude. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/15 "2004-07-21T07:01:20Z")
Regardless of how I feel about the war or the occupation or the administration, I appreciate what you did over there. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/16 "2004-07-21T08:01:57Z")
**Welcome Home** , **WillSantini** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/17 "2004-07-21T08:06:08Z")
Welcome back, **Will**. You have been missed. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/18 "2004-07-21T12:18:35Z")
Thanks bro, welcome home. The beers on me. ---
**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/19 "2004-07-21T12:25:18Z")
_waves_ Welcome back, and many thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108/20 "2004-07-21T12:26:27Z")
Welcome home! And I cannot convey how grateful I am for your service. Maybe when you’ve decompressed, you can tell us how it was? Again, thank you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-iraq/256108.md?page=2)