BUCHAREST, Romania, June 1 (UPI) -- My cigarette in hand, I glimpsed what I thought was a U.S. Army Combat Uniform. After security, I saw the first of them -- our sons and daughters. "Where are you being deployed?" I asked a specialist. "Afghanistan." "Thank you for your service. Be safe," I said. A wry nervous smile crossed his lips. "Thank you, sir." This was a fitting exit from the fifth Euro-Russian Forum, one of five forums I spoke at over five weeks from Istanbul, Ankara, Montgomery and Prague to Bucharest.