Today in Afghanistan, October 13 2010.

Today, out in the middle of nowhere, someone spilled scalding hot water on an infant baby. Bad enough to need a ventilator, bad enough for her to lose consciousness. If there weren't an American military outpost nearby, and american medevac helicopters, and american doctors, that baby would probably be dead right now. Don't ask me why we have troops here, tell me why we don't have more troops here.