[silmaril]

You might consider that someone is watching the soldiers' backs since you're looking at a photo of the scene.

And yeah, Christian Science Monitor ran a story a few weeks back on how SF personnel were getting way more info and killing lots more terrorists when our non-SF personnel were behaving with a measure of respect toward the locals....who often know where the terrorists are.

[Dallas]

It's only natural that some Afghans are responding to respect/kindness, and are willing to cooperate. That's just human nature...

But if you think we're earning their loyalty, that's just nuts.