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For real. Speaking of reality… you been hearing all the chatter the last couple weeks? Americans everywhere, man. More trucks than usual rolling through at odd hours, new guys in the cafés asking for directions in broken Arabic, even some fancy drones buzzing overhead the other night. People are saying they’ve reactivated that forward operating base off Highway 17 again. The one tucked way back behind those olive groves and the low ridge.