vinaigrettegirl voices some valid irritations with the general reporting of this, & in the course of her comments she also gives me a concise and lucid introduction to soldiering; useful stuff, for which thanks, though I have to say that (from my position of still-mostly-ignorance) it does sound rather as if the lifting of the ban was more in reponse to media concerns than military concerns. In other news, terrorism is the new black.
I'm too busy packing to post much of any interest here. Normal service may resume shortly.
