'These people just want to be left alone'

I'm sure, if you asked them, our troops would be more than happy to oblige, if their Noble Peace Laureate/warmonger in chief would allow them to.

Sean Smith spent a month embedded with the US Army's 501st Parachute Regiment in June this year. With inadequate vehicles, relations with Afghan security forces at a standstill and the constant threat of IEDs, the soldiers are losing heart for a fight they feel their presence is only prolonging