HAPPY VETERANS DAY: InstaPundit’s Afghanistan photo-correspondent, Major John Tammes, sends this photo and reports: “Every time I accompany one of our patrols in the area, it seems like the circus has come to town. We manage to draw a crowd no matter how isolated an area we visit. This is what we saw near Hassankheyl – a nearly deserted village that is starting to show signs of life again. Or at least signs of kids and camels…”

That’s life, though I’m fonder of the former than the latter.

UPDATE: More Veterans’ Day thoughts here.