Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.

You know, never say never.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.