I’m not saying we need to be deliberately provocative (most of the time) but being wanded by a female soldier was a teaching moment. It was an opportunity to let them know what the wand is for and what it does.

Wand an American. Find that the knife in his pocket sets off the wand. Let them understand that wanding everyone is for their own protection too. No one wants someone with a bomb to come into a meeting with them. These guys may be ignorant but that doesn’t mean they’re stupid. They can learn.

The woman doing the wanding is a secondary issue.

I gotta say that many Muslims seem like cats getting their temperature taken at the vet’s office. They don’t understand what’s going on and they know that they don’t like it. Their reaction is often violent. Every Muslim pronouncement seems to contain the terms humiliation and revenge.

Yes, it will be a while before Afghanistan comes into the modern world. Time to start moving is now.