A political thought.

I know that thousands of our American troops are fighting and dying for the freedom and protection of foreigners, mainly Arabs and Afghans. The most ungrateful people on Earth! They are soldiers, it's true. But they're doing the work of inner-city cops - not soldiers. They're dying to create a democracy where it's never been known, never wanted, can't be understood and will never been established.

Their mission, if it can be called that, is doomed...

Just Plain Lewis