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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (14271)10/29/2003 12:42:13 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793731
 
The hinterlands belong to the warlords, like they always have, no matter who ostensibly rules Afghanistan.

That's right. The "Warlords" are really local Clan Chiefs. Afghanistan is a very wild place, and it will never be "Peoria." We keep our guys in Kabul or separate bases and slap the oppo down whenever they bunch up. I have had a running argument here with people who want to pour aid money into the place. Money down an Afghanistan rathole. It hasn't changed since Kipling's time.

If you are wounded and left on Afganistan's plain
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
roll on your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your God like a soldier.
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