By operating out of the low post and in doing so, averaging eight free-throw attempts a game Stoudemire has given the team a dimension it didn't have before.
While that would be desirable in and of itself (for example, tangibly demonstrating Iraqi support for our troops' efforts and facilitating translations in the latters' interactions with local populations), there are myriad other ways in which Free Iraqis' help could be instrumental to the "hearts and minds" dimension of this conflict.