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	Name:	MAJ USA RET -
	Subject:	Source?
	Date:	11/5/2009 8:04:32 AM

To me, it rings true… in the main. I doubt it was written “on location.” Probably written on returning either to base camp or home… say R&R or redeployment. A fighting man would have such feelings about the enemy, though under leadership would not take actual face to face confrontation to the extreme he submits (Geneva Convention applies here). His depiction of the desperation of the Pak-Afghan people is accurate. The Taliban have co-opted the religion to convince the regional population… AND THEMSELVES… that their violent methods are acceptable to Allah. The civilian killings, by drone and air delivered systems, is a) because they hide behind and live among civilians and b) because it exploits the world media for their propaganda purposes. That region has NO resources. There is no escape from the misery except death. Death by combat or religious zeal is preferable… more honorable… than death by starvation.

We will leave them as we found them. There will be no democracy. There will be no religious freedom. There will be no life or liberty… and the pursuit of happiness is impossible. It is true – there is no reliable government – only the law of a violent religion and tribal/family honor.

Pak-Afghan people are as the scorpions among which the soldier reports he is sitting. The scorpions were there before he came and they will be there after he leaves... and his being there will have had no effect on their fate.