Salam's latest entry is quite nice and shows US forces over there aren't all greedy ignorant screwups. Unfortunately, as is typical, the one with his head screwed on straight isn't the one in charge.

Personally I think the most brilliant thing we've done over there (so far) is give commanding officers blank checks and a fund of 2 million dollars to play with. This lets the guy on the ground fix the stuff that's broken without having to "mother may I?" the Pentagon.