Hands of God: Bloody handprints on a wall in Iraq after a suicide bombing in January 2007. Photo courtesy of Michael Yon.
Traveling with American troops in Iraq since 2005, an insider says the war is all but over; however, battling against terrorists in the mountains of Afghanistan may prove to be an uphill climb with no end in sight.

“My name is Chantelle Bateman. I’m a corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. I need to preface this by saying that I am still under an active contract, so anything I say here is a complete representation of myself, and not at all any way shape or form the Marine Corps, the United States Marine Corps Reserve, or the U.S. government.”

“Thanks for having so much courage, sister,” someone shouted from the audience.