Bing West was the featured speaker at the National Museum of the Marine Corps' Distinguished Speaker's series. Here, he signs books for Marines and Corporate sponsors of the event.
After dinner, he spoke of what he thought was the reason behind the success in Iraq. Not the surge as much as it was the change of hearts and minds of the Sunni's in Anbar province to stop fighting the Americans. He talked of the upcoming surge in Afghanistan and the challenges the economic crises pose. While not offering his opinion of a solution to Afghanistan, he told those in attendance to pay attention to the 8 people Obama has picked who will help shape his Afghan strategy and more importantly, who Obama picks or who ends up acting as the risk assessor.
Besides rubbing elbows with Mr. West, this group of Marines from Japan and Tampa take the time to pose with Marine Corps Heritage Foundation President and Navy Cross recipient, LtGen Ron Christmas.
Photos from this event can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the following hyper link:
Bing West Event PhotosAll photos may be downloaded, free of charge. Simply select the photo you are interested in and click on it to open. Along the top of the photo will be a gray magnifying glass next to the words "All Sizes", click on this. The photo will open to the large size, you have options to select the original size or smaller sizes. After you select your size, there is another link above the photo next to a floppy disk icon that says "Download this picture". Click on "Download this picture" and the photo will download to your computer.
