As an Afghan vet myself, I can honestly say the therapy value of this alone made it worth the price. Clever mechanics accurately catch the whackamole nature and ultimate futility of the war I fought. In the end, the things you need to do to win are not things we as the West could do, in game as in life. It's frustrating, and there's a lot of abstraction, but in the end, it's true, and doesn't lie to you. Respect.