One God says peace. That's what we're here for, peace. Some soldiers bring groceries to refugees returning to their shattered homes. Five years after the war, city-life hums in the cafes and stores of downtown Tuzla. But it's a distorted hum, as shoppers seem not to notice the scars of an artillery shell that killed dozens of people.
Heavy construction is a welcome sound.
And there are signs of a budding democracy in Bosnia. Political observers believe violence would flare within weeks if the peacekeepers left. And a renewed Bosnian war could easily draw in other fragile nations in the Balkans. Which makes the work of individual soldiers that much more imortant. And if you spend a day with Captain Memi, as the Bosnians call her, the small signs of progress are unmistakable.