Afghanistan Today, the GWOT Hotspot (The Afghanistan Scandal?) 7/31/13-Wed.

Another end to another month in Afghanistan. Another month closer to the US being packed up and leaving. God bless America’s enlisted troops who are carrying out this retrograde operation and may all come home safely, I hope and pray long before the 31 December 2014 date. Links from around the GWOT:

1.) Mysterious lights of Afghanistan. War correspondent and photographer Michael Yon document the lights around some US helicopter blades as they land in Afghanistan in this NPR piece:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/07/30/206946740/mysterious-dancing-lights-in-afghanistan