As I have done further research on Afghanistan because a friend of mine is there, besides our own Souljacker here on Blogit, I am much more deeply appreciative that everyone out there is a hero. The more I find out of how things really are, the more evident it is that we have some of the very best trained and equipped military on the ground... that the US and NATO presence is more appreciated by locals than the news tends to report. That despite the great frustations and failures to bring change... Sign in to see full entry.