I'd like to thank Nick Welsh for his right-on editorial on invading Iraq and the collateral damage that resulted.
I recognized the abandonment of reconstructing Afghanistan after over 30 years of war there, so when resources shifted to invading Iraq under false pretenses, I went as a private Santa Barbara citizen to Afghanistan and witnessed personally the incredible destruction of the infrastructure and economy.
As a dentist, I observed the entire population of Wardak Province completely without dental care of any sort, seeing people on the verge of death from dental septicemia.