[Decepticon]

In a tribal culture suffused with blood feuds, men build their families' strength by having as many sons as possible. In a territory with few roads or schools and virtually no industry, vast numbers of young men are unemployed.

I find it amazing that so many Westerners just don't get it. These people are hard core, interrelated, uneducated mountain people. They have loyalties to tribes and sheiks...all of which can change at a moments notice. They are the equivalent of what westerners would call "indians", but with AK's, rocket launchers and money from radical islam regimes.

It reminds me of a conversation I had with a Bedouin honcho, years ago in Egypt. He said...paraphrasing..."We have lived in these deserts for thousands of years, we'll be here long after your civilizations turn to dust".

Frankly, I believe he was right.....

Thanks for the post.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

THE STORY OF THE GUIDES BY COL. G.J. YOUNGHUSBAND, C.B.

We've had five years to recruit and train our own Pashtun-fluent pseudo-gangs.