A Officer Is Back In Moscow From Afghanistan On Army Business...

And stops in to get a haircut.

"So how are things going in Afghanistan?" the barber asks?

"Getting better," he replies.

A few minutes later she asks him again: "How are things going in Afghanistan?"

"Getting better."

A little while later: "How are things going in Afghanistan?"

"Getting better."

They finish and the officer leaves. "Why did you keep asking him the same question?" the barber's colleagues ask him.

"Whenever I mentioned Afghanistan his hair stood on end and it was easier to cut."