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All the way!
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On 2013-03-07, at 9:24 PM, Edward Michaels <edmic..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
> How far?
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> Ed
>=20
>=20
> High Frequency <highfrequ..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Airborne!
>=20
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 2013-03-07, at 20:37, "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com> wrote:
>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:=09Sent at the request of a friend.
>> Date:=09Fri, 1 Mar 2013 06:34:46 +0000
>> From:=09=E2=96=BA Its from Onion =D4=BE_=D4=BE <areda..._at_msn.com>
>>=20
>> From a Recon Marine in Afghanistan=20
>>=20
>> From the Sand Pit. It's freezing here. I'm sitting on hard cold dirt =
between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush Mountains, along the=
Dar'yoi Pomir River, watching a hole that leads to a tunnel that leads to a=
cave. Stake out, my friend, and no pizza delivery for thousands of miles.=
=20
>>=20
>> I also glance at the area around my ass every ten to fifteen seconds to =
avoid another scorpion sting. I've actually given up battling the chigger=
s and sand fleas, but the scorpions give a jolt like a cattle prod. Hurts =
like a bastard. The antidote tastes like transmission fluid, but God bless =
the Marine Corps for the five vials of it in my pack.=20
>> =20
>> The one truth the Taliban cannot escape is that, believe it or not, they=
are human beings, which means they have to eat food and drink water. That=
requires couriers and that's where an old bounty hunter like me comes in h=
andy. I track the couriers, locate the tunnel entrances and storage facili=
ties, type the info into the handheld, shoot the coordinates up to the sate=
llite link that tells the air commanders where to drop the hardware. We ba=
sh some heads for a while, then I track and record the new movement.=20
>> =20
>> It's all about intelligence. We haven't even brought in the snipers yet=
. These scurrying rats have no idea what they're in for. We are but days a=
way from cutting off supply lines and allowing the eradication to begin. B=
ut you know me, I'm a romantic. I've said it before and I'll say it again: =
This country blows, man. It's not even a country. There are no roads, t=
here's no infrastructure, there's no government. This is an inhospitable, =
rock pit shit hole ruled by eleventh century warring tribes.=20
>> There are no jobs here like we know jobs.=20
>> =20
>> Afghanistan offers two ways for a man to support his family: join the o=
pium trade or join the army. That's it. Those are your options. Oh, I f=
orgot, you can also live in a refugee camp and eat plum-sweetened, crushed =
beetle paste and squirt mud like a goose with stomach flu, if that's your i=
dea of a party. But the smell alone
>> of those 'tent cities of the walking dead' is enough to hurl you into th=
e poppy fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for eighteen hours a day.=20
>> =20
>> I've been living with these Tajiks and Uzbeks, and Turkmen and even a co=
uple of Pushtuns, for over a month-and-a-half now, and this much I can say =
for sure: These guys, all of 'em, are Huns...actual, living Huns.. They L=
IVE to fight. It's what they do. It's ALL they do. They have no respect=
for anything, not for their families, nor for each other, nor for themselv=
es. They claw at one another as a way of life. They play polo with dead ca=
lves and force their five-year-old sons into human cockfights to defend the=
family honor. =20
>> Huns, roaming packs of savage, heartless beasts who feed on each other's=
barbarism. Cavemen with AK-47's. Then again, maybe I'm just cranky.=20
>> =20
>> I'm freezing my ass off on this stupid hill because my lap warmer is run=
ning out of juice, and I can't recharge it until the sun comes up in a few =
hours. Oh yeah! You like to write letters, right? Do me a favor, Bizarr=
e. Write a letter to CNN and tell Wolf and Anderson and that awful, sneeri=
ng, pompous Aaron Brown to stop calling the Taliban 'smart.' =20
>> They are not smart. I suggest CNN invest in a dictionary because the wor=
d they are looking for is 'cunning.' The Taliban are cunning, like jackals=
and hyenas and wolverines. =20
>> They are sneaky and ruthless, and when confronted, cowardly. They are =
hateful, malevolent parasites who create nothing and destroy everything
>> else. Smart. Pfft. Yeah, they're real smart.=20
>> =20
>> They've spent their entire lives reading only one book (and not a very g=
ood one, as books go) and consider hygiene and indoor plumbing to be produc=
ts of the devil. =20
>> They're still figuring out how to work a Bic lighter. Talking to a Talib=
an warrior about improving his quality of life is like trying to teach an a=
pe how to hold a pen; eventually he just gets frustrated and sticks you in =
the eye with it. OK, enough. Snuffle will be up soon, so I have to get bac=
k to my hole. Covering my tracks in the snow
>> takes a lot of practice, but I'm good at it.=20
>> =20
>> Please, I tell you and my fellow Americans to turn off the TV sets and m=
ove on with your lives. The story line you are getting from CNN and other =
news agencies is utter bullshit and designed not to deliver truth but rathe=
r to keep you glued to the screen through the commercials. We've got this o=
ne under control The worst thing you guys can do right now is sit around a=
nalyzing what we're doing over here, because you have no idea what we're d=
oing, and really, you don't want to know. We are your military, and we a=
re doing what you sent us here to do.=20
>> =20
>> Saucy Jack Recon Marine in Afghanistan Semper Fi "Freedom is not free..=
.but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share".=20
>>=20
>> Send this to YOUR FRIENDS so that people here will really know what is g=
oing on over there.
>>=20
>>=20
>> --=20
>> James M. Atkinson. President and Sr. Engineer
>> "Leonardo da Vinci of Bug Sweeps and Spy Hunting"
>> http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3D15178662
>>=20
>> Granite Island Group http://www.tscm.com/
>> (978) 546-3803 jm..._at_tscm.com
>> (978) 381-9111
>>=20
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=3D"mailto:edmic..._at_comcast.net">edmic..._at_comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br=
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v><div>Ed</div></div><br><br>High Frequency <<a href=3D"mailto:highfrequ=
..._at_hotmail.com">highfrequ..._at_hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><div>Airbor=
ne!<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 2013-03-07, at 20:37, "James =
M. Atkinson" <<a href=3D"mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com">jm..._at_tscm.com</a>> w=
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<div><font size=3D"3"><b>From a Recon Marine in Afghanistan </b></font=
></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">From the Sand Pit. It's freezing here. I=
'm
sitting on hard cold dirt between rocks and shrubs at the base of the
Hindu Kush Mountains, along theDar'yoi Pomir River, watching a hole
that leads to a tunnel that leads to a cave. Stake out, my friend, an=
d
no pizza delivery for thousands of miles. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">I also glance at the area around my ass every ten
to fifteen seconds to </font><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">avoid
another scorpion sting. I've actually given up battling the chiggers
and sand fleas, but the scorpions give a jolt like a cattle prod.
Hurts like a bastard. </span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Th=
e
antidote tastes like transmission fluid, but God bless the Marine Corps
for the five vials of it in my pack. </span></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">The one truth the Taliban cannot escape is that,
believe it or not, they are human beings, which means they have to eat
food and drink water. That requires couriers and that's where an old
bounty hunter like me comes in handy. I track the couriers, locate th=
e
tunnel entrances and storage facilities, type the info into the
handheld, shoot the coordinates up to the satellite link that tells the
air commanders where to drop the hardware. We bash some heads for a
while, then I track and record the new movement. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">It's all about intelligence. We haven't even
brought in the snipers yet. These scurrying rats have no idea what
they're in for. We are but days away from cutting off supply lines an=
d
allowing the eradication to begin. But you know me, I'm a romantic.&n=
bsp;</font><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I've said it before and I'll sa=
y it again:
This country blows, man. It's not even a country. There =
are no
roads, there's no infrastructure, there's no government. This is an
inhospitable, rock pit shit hole ruled by eleventh century warring
tribes. </span></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">There are no jobs here like we know jobs. </font=
></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">Afghanistan offers two ways for a man to support
his family: join the opium trade or join the army. That's it. =
Those
are your options. Oh, I forgot, you can also live in a refugee camp
and eat plum-sweetened, crushed beetle paste and squirt mud like a
goose with stomach flu, if that's your idea of a party. But the smell
alone</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">of those 'tent cities of the walking dead' is
enough to hurl you into the poppy fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for
eighteen hours a day. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">I've been living with these Tajiks and Uzbeks, and
Turkmen and even a couple of Pushtuns, for over a month-and-a-half now,
and this much I can say for sure: These guys, all of 'em, are
Huns...actual, living Huns.. They LIVE to fight. It's what they do.
It's ALL they do. They have no respect for anything, not for th=
eir
families, nor for each other, nor for themselves. They claw at one
another as a way of life. They play polo with dead calves and force
their five-year-old sons into human cockfights to defend the family
honor. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">Huns, roaming packs of savage, heartless beasts who
feed on each other's barbarism. Cavemen with AK-47's. Then again,
maybe I'm just cranky. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">I'm freezing my ass off on this stupid hill because
my lap warmer is </font><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">running out o=
f
juice, and I can't recharge it until the sun comes up in a few hours.
Oh yeah! You like to write letters, right? Do me a favor=
, Bizarre.
Write a letter to CNN and tell Wolf and Anderson and that awful,
sneering, pompous Aaron Brown to stop calling the Taliban 'smart.' &n=
bsp;</span></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">They are not smart. I suggest CNN invest in a
dictionary because the word they are looking for is 'cunning.' The
Taliban are cunning, like jackals and hyenas and wolverines. </font><=
/div>
<div><font size=3D"3">They are sneaky and ruthless, and when confronted,
cowardly. They are </font><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">hate=
ful,
malevolent parasites who create nothing and destroy everything</span></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">else. Smart. Pfft. Yeah, they're real sma=
rt. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">They've spent their entire lives reading only one
book (and not a very good one, as books go) and consider hygiene and
indoor plumbing to be products of the devil. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">They're still figuring out how to work a Bic
lighter. Talking to a Taliban warrior about improving his quality of
life is like trying to teach an ape how to hold a pen; eventually he
just gets frustrated and sticks you in the eye with it. OK, enough.
Snuffle will be up soon, so I have to get back to my hole. Covering m=
y
tracks in the snow</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">takes a lot of practice, but I'm good at it. </f=
ont></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">Please, I tell you and my fellow Americans to turn
off the TV sets and move on with your lives. The story line you are
getting from CNN and other news agencies is utter bullshit and designed
not to deliver truth but rather to keep you glued to the screen through
the commercials. We've got this one under control The worst thing you
guys can do right now is sit around analyzing what we're doing over
here, because you have no idea what we're doing, and really, you don'=
t
want to know. We are your military, and we are doing what you =
sent
us here to do. </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"> </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">Saucy Jack Recon Marine in Afghanistan Semper Fi
"Freedom is not free...but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of you=
r
share". </font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"3">Send this to YOUR FRIENDS so that people here will
really know what is going on over there.</font></div>
</div>
<div><font size=3D"3"><br>
</font></div>
</font> </div>
<br>
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