Last post for the 4th

One last visual. BTW, in the end, everything we do as taxpayers who pay the bills and supporting military branches - all lead to this; Americans on the ground with a gun in their hand. Everything else, is the the tail behind the teeth.

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division listen to a discussion about their mission: a mountaintop helicopter landing at night in Taliban territory, on June 15, 2006. The soldiers were on a mission in support of Operation Mountain Thrust, an offensive to root out Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)