I probably should not say this---but I will. First of all I have nothing but respect and admiration for Sgt (and Captain) Hooper---a deep felt thank you sir. That said--and here comes the should not say part---but all of that for what?
At the end of the day what did we gain? Then think of what we lost---we lost our brothers and sisters to an ill advised conflict brought to us by politicians that lied to the entire country.
I'll shut-up now
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis