Just received this from Birdie:
Well I just got back from another mission. I am really tired, wore out, and watched three of my buddies get blown up in the truck right behind me two days ago, so I am really not in the mood for anything. My buddies are fine, two of them are now in Germany, the other is still here with minor wounds. I will try to write more after I get some sleep.
No car bombs or suicide bombers in Afghanistan, just soldiers fighting jihadists. So our beloved media are uninterested.