Exhibiting the reality of a career that is often fantasised about, but never recorded—that of the soldier—Sullivan objectively shows the, frustrations and problems, both logistical and cultural, of the US Special Forces in Afghanistan. Crisply dressed as Afghani farmers or in fatigues, these professional soldiers carry out Operation Enduring Freedom—the gung-ho, on-the-ground application of America’s “Reign on terror”. In this stark mountainous border region, north of Jalalabad, the poverty is only partially alleviated through heroin-manufacture, car smuggling (over the Khyber Pass on a camel), and weapon storing for Al Qaeda. Hunting for Osama Bin Laden and caches of weapons, the US Forces distribute pillows, pills, muffins and children’s toys and dig out caves, blow down gates, and take on warlords. All displaying that in this corner of the world, the ideal of democratic values is a distant dream.