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Posted: October 6, 2010 01:20 PM   L'Isle-Jourdain, France --
No, not much has happened or is happening in this tiny, sleepy,
French town -- some might call it a village -- nestled in the
Vienne River valley in central France that would warrant a
"dateline."  L'Isle-Jourdain just happens to be our first
sojourn after a long trans-Atlantic flight that originated at
the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and is the
first chance to reflect on our journey thus far.  While we are
thoroughly enjoying our visit to this idyllic little town, our
thoughts go back to the Atlanta airport where, while
transferring between terminals, we were surprised by the number
of young men and women in pristine, desert-camouflage uniforms
who were walking purposefully through the concourses or riding
trams towards the gates and to the aircraft that would
eventually take them back to Afghanistan.  Judging from the
reactions of fellow travelers, neither the sight n