Tim Hortons in Afganistan

[MorganGrayson]

I can't stress highly enough the importance of things like this. "A taste of home" in a war zone can save lives.

For as long as he lived, my father talked about the Bob Hope show he saw in Vietnam. It meant the world to him - a bit of home coming to *them.* His admiration for Ann Margaret was *fierce* because she "ran for the bunker just like everybody else." That show, like all of Mr. Hope's shows, kept the men going.

Having lived through what is euphemistically called "the Vietnam era," I vividly remember the lack of respect and downright torture given the troops by the American people. (I don't know how the civilians of the many, many other countries treated their troops. The US was by no means the only country involved in that war. As always, our British, Canadian and Australian cousins were right with us. I can only speak to one of the great shames of American history - how we treated our Vietnam vets.) For once, the world seems to have learned from its mistakes and the troops fighting this war - just or not; legal or not; agree with it or not - are receiving the treatment they deserve. Honor and respect.

When is a cup of coffee not a cup of coffee? When it can keep you sane in a war zone.