The military freed 20 million people from tyranny. I realize that isn't important to a lot of people, but they did. These people have a good chance of going on to becoming a free and prosperous nation. Duffy is a small part of that, though God knows if she goes by the newspapers she wouldn't know it.

Maybe she thinks her life would have had more meaning if she had spent her stint sitting behind a desk at some base in the U.S. Safer, certainly. More comfortable, certainly. But not making the same kind of difference in the world.

In any case, whatever planning is being done, I'm not sure where she got the idea that command central should be keeping her informed for her approval. I don't recall soldiers being given votes on things like this.