Umm... No.

One of Ian's classmates' has a cousin who just got back from a deployment in Afghanistan, and he came to their school today to talk about his experiences. He seems to have made a good impression on Ian, but I have to suspect he didn't intend to convey quite the impression that Ian came away with about what's going on in that part of the world. My guess this was about the anticipated withdrawal; Ian asked, "Aren't they trying to sell it?"

(September 23, 2010)