http://theunlikelysoldier.blogspot.com/2008/06/it-doesnt-matter-who-youre-best-friends.html

"It doesn't matter who you're best friends with, it doesn't matter who you hate. It doesn't matter who you get along with and it doesn't matter who you can't stand, or who you're indifferent about. It doesn't even matter who you haven't even had the chance to meet personally.

"War", for lack of a more specific term, doesn't care. It doesn't discriminate. It doesn't follow your bullshit Hollywood plot. It's ruthless and random and makes absolutely no sense.

The senior NCO that was the first CHILL guy you ever met, that would shoot the shit, that told stories in cattle trucks that you'd love to repeat if only you had the permission.

The young dude from the Dominican Republic. HUGE MySpace enthusiast. You never interfered with his MySpacing. And this guy, no matter how pissed and anti-social you were feeling, when he came around and said so much as, "Heyyyy, [Suspect], whassup man?", it didn't matter how pissy you were or how badly you wanted to choke the life out of everyone in the company. Somehow, this overly-motivated little dude got a free pass every time. You didn't mind hearing from him, even when he didn't have shit to say and neither did you.

Then a Sheryl Crow song plays on your boss's iPod when the news comes over the radio and gives the roster numbers of the guys that were hit. To this day you can't stomach hearing about any day being a goddamn winding road."
The Unlikely Soldier