I just encountered one of these G.I. cops at my local convenience store. He was wearing a camo baseball cap and half of his gear looked like a soldier’s. As I was walking out he said (paraphrased) ‘It’s good walking up here this morning, isn’t it? Nice and cool.’ I gave a sarcastic ‘mmhmm’ and ignored him (until he raised his voice…to somebody in the parking lot).

I wasn’t expecting to see one of these in person. It’s almost like we have dozens of little boys around dressed up like U.S. soldiers and pretending that they’re occupying Iraq. It’s surreal.