Yeah, the reality of the values of freedom and self-worth spreading throughout both Iraq and Stan. Two Countries who become more and more capable each day - Two Countries who will be strong allies for decades to come.
Your silly notion that the monies we are spending here somehow create a welfare State is ridiculous. The savings from liberating these two nations and starting the beachhead of freedom in the Middle East will pay dividends for generations to come (at an unbelievable cheap price in comparison to the alternative).
Winning the hearts and minds of every day Afghanis and Iraqi's is key. It is very easy for those thousands and thousands of miles away to act like "who cares" what they think about us.....when it isn't you on the ground who's life is at risk...or who is trying to help create a new system of life for these people.