This blog was posted over at metafilter and got deleted for being too political, but I like it:
Do you know what the light at the end of the tunnel is for us?
Food.
Yeah, food. When we’re on patrols and house clearing missions, what’s keeping us going is not the promise of freedom and democracy in Iraq. It’s the vision of hamburgers, fries and ice cream. I can live without a market based economy in the Middle East, but I can’t live without a toasted ham sandwich. Several times we have raced back to the base to get to the dining hall as it closed. Something to eat is the high point of the day. Imagine the low points.
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