Still here

Not much new to report. Still hanging out in Qatar. It's gotten extremely hot here, to the point where it's difficult to go outside at all when the sun is up. Even at night, it's still in the high 80's enough humidity to make it feel sticky.

Went out for dinner again on Saturday. Always nice to get off base and check things out. Prior to dinner, we shopped around at the Gold Souq. Basically, it is a small market of jewelry stores. Lucky for me, my wife doesn't like jewelry, so I didn't buy anything.

The news out of Afghanistan has been disheartening. Two attacks against US bases 9 years after we started the war doesn't sound like progress. Someone asked me today if I thought the idea of limiting air strikes was an effective policy. I answered that if I could provide any insight into effective policy in Afghanistan, I'd be making a heck of a lot more money. The next 6 months will be very telling for the future.