Unless there is reporting on the war, the soldiers will get no support. Notice how it has nearly dropped out of the US press...and say a prayer for this reporter, who was doing her job trying to keep the world aware of Afghanistan.
Why should I say a prayer for her? She wasn’t a reporter embedded with US troops. She, her photographer and fellow sister Journalist Anja are/were primarily civil reporters concentrating on local politics, womens’ rights, elections, etc.
If you look at her photo/article albums, you’ll barely see anything about US soldiers at all, save for an occasional picture of a captured US soldier.
Frankly? No - no way.