Especially the Iraqi people.
Unlike the troops and police, they didn't have guns, armor vests, and military vehicles to ride in. In street clothes, and unarmed, they went out in the face of the foulest threats imaginable.
Reminds me a bit of the African Americans during the civil rights battles in our own country. There were times and places back then, too, that it took a lot of courage to head for the ballot box.