http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/americans-americas-afghanistan-baggage

After watching this week's episode, Amy Davidson asks: "Are we supposed to identify a little with the Russians, given the films we see now, or with the Americans who are in the same picture, if just off-camera? (We don't want the Russians to win, do we?) It is hard to know, watching, whether we should be sorry for them or for ourselves, and the cost of our idealism."