Greetings from Iraq

My old pal Mario Tama just dropped me a line from the Iraqi desert. He and old pal Spencer Platt, both Getty Images shooters, sound fine about living in Umm Qasar on the outskirts of a Marine base. And they haven't lost their humor either. Mario writes:

I'm here with Spence sleeping and eating in the dirt of the Iraqi desert. We literally live like homeless dogs scrounging through trash looking for food and stealing people's water. Somehow it's kinda fun, we've found an Iraqi fixer who has procured some fine Iraq booze which so far has only caused temporary blindness.

At least I think that was supposed to be humorous. Sorry I can't add any more of his letter here, but this is a family blog.