I’m in the airport sitting at the bar overlooking the runways, it is snowing fairly hard, and I’m ready to go home. Everything is cold – the beer and the food. Damn.

I just had a long conversation with Sgt. So-and-So who just returned from Bosnia, and is headed for Iraq in two weeks. He was in an artillery unit (105 MM Howitzer), but has since been retrained as an MP.

He believes we should not be in Iraq, and they have no WMD. Furthermore, he believes the war is unjust, but said he’ll do anything to support the USA. He wanted to make it clear, that regardless of his beliefs, he was part of a team – and his team has a duty – and he will do whatever is necessary to ensure his team is successful.

He also dropped out on the French. Said he knows firsthand that they are backstabbing cowards by nature.

I asked him why, if he didn’t believe the US was doing the right thing, does he do what he does. His reply was, “I’m an American and a Patriot first, and an individual second. Even though I believe the war is unjust, there are no WMD, and I disagree with the policies of our current administration – these Islamic Radicals must be stopped. I have two young daughters.”

Anyway, I picked up his tab.