Carl,
I would like to say a heartfelt 'Thank you' for this outstanding response.
You may truly know how much I am admiring your great nation - and this... is the truth.
I bow my head in veneration for every single US soldier who has lost his life in all these insane battles rioting around the globe.
Much too many of them had to be mourned over the years.
Every single one of those is irreplacable and I pray to the Almighty Lord for blessing and protecting all the others US, Canadian, French, Italian,..., who are serving all of us by day and night while we and our families are allowed to sleep in our warm beds.
God bless you,
Stephan