Afghanistan: How The 'Hell' Did We Get Here?

U.S. troops from the 101st Airborne Division survey the Afghan-Pakistan frontier from Paktika province, Afghanistan. Army photo/Spc. George Hunt

Afghanistan: A Gathering Menace -- Neal Shea, American Scholar

Traveling with U.S. troops gives insights into the recent massacre.

The soldiers around me were barely visible, but I could smell them. They had not washed for days, and a sharp musk of sweat and sleeplessness, tobacco and chemically mummified food, wove through the fields and orchards. It was after midnight, moonless, the stars brilliant but unhelpful. The soldiers wore night-vision goggles, but I did not, so I stumbled after their scent along the remote edge of a fading war, envisioning things I could not see.

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My Comment: After finishing this article .... even if you may disagree with it .... you will have a moment where you will ask .... what the 'hell' are we doing there.