"filthy cave dweller" Do you mean that as a descriptive, or as an insult towards him?
I am just surprised that I found a Cave Man attractive. It’s just my humor.
IMHO, Massoud would have been the next president of Afghanistan. He was a very interesting man, and hardly a "filthy cave dweller". He was targeted and killed before he could take control of the country.
[Ahmed Shah Massoud was known as the Lion of Panjshir. He was a man who prayed, hoped, dreamed, and fought for a free Afghanistan. He spent his entire adult life in service to his country and her people. Massoud was a man of peace forced into war. He was assassinated on September 9, 2001 by al-Qaeda suicide bombers who feared him more than any other man in the country.
Massoud was a fascinating dichotomy. This man who went to college to become an architect and create beautiful buildings ended up becoming so brilliant a military strategist, he is credited in large part for ending the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Nine times the Soviet Union tried to defeat Massoud in the Panjshir Valley, and nine times they were repelled.]