Camouflage and Christmas Lights

I hope that the troops who are shipping out, as part of "The Great Surge", and those who have already been away from home too long will all have a safe Christmas. That said, I also hope that tearing them away from their families at just this moment is truly a part of necessary strategy and not some hard-ass commander's version of "Let's show them who's in charge".
Santa's watching. He knows what's in your heart.