"Why would anyone wear that shirt?"

  "It's traditional." 

  "Did you join their side?" 

  "(i)He said(i) it's traditional." 

  "It's ridiculous." Said the man in a business suit. 

  "Is associating a soldier with a National flag ridiculous?" 

  Arms chained to a briefcase.  Briefcase opened.  Monies doled out.  The paper "deal" on the table beside.  Budget-minders logging every bill. 

  "Did it come from Russia?" 

  "It came from the U.S." 

  Silence. 

  "But is it Petro dollars?" 

  Silence. 

  "The American journalists are free to go." 

  "But there's no plane." 

  "Poland is just up that way." 

  One man stared at the ruins of a school for a long time before picking up a bag of video equipment and heading back towards "the war".