[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

A glorious day, to see us withdrawing from the country, leaving the Middle East a more civilised place than it was the day the first boots hit the sand. The campaign will be forever remembered as a glorious victory for not only democracy, but for security across the entire region, and never again will we have to deal with the terrorism or religious extremism that used to spawn there all those years ago. Those were dark times, but we fought back against it, with an iron fist, with shock and awe, and we pulled those wretched people out of the dark ages kicking and screaming and into the light of a better world. A happier, safer, more secure world, free from...

Oh, wait.

I don't think anyone ever imagined that being in Afghanistan would mean an end to terrorism across the world. There's nothing glorious about it. I doubt you'd find one soldier who's served there who would describe it as either glorious or a victory, and neither would any of us who lost someone.