I had a friend who worked for the State Dept who was there trying to make things better for the peasants. He drove the infamous "green jeeps" (which he was convinced were held together by just the paint) from hamlet to hamlet. He was something called a 'prov rep' (still no idea what exactly that was.) One guy I knew of, there were probably more, busting their butts trying to improve the situation for the folks at the bottom. You were defending them, too - so there’s that.