Uncle Sam is getting a little weird. Make that a lot weird. Uncle Sam has decided that the key to winning Afghan “hearts and minds” lies in the latrines with the US Marines Corps. No kidding. When nature calls, Uncle Sam has decided he wants every US Marine equipped with a map and compass, or some other way of knowing direction. This is to ensure that no US Marine in Afghanistan ever urinates in the direction of Mecca.

Now there’s a winning strategy.