It appears that some Afghanis are bored with post-jihad life:
It is less than 18 months since jubilant Taliban fighters swept back to power and overran Afghanistan’s capital as Joe Biden withdrew his troops in a retreat that shook the world.
But it seems the exhilaration of seizing control of the war-torn country has worn off for moaning militants – with many now missing the battlefield and bored of the 9-5 grind of running the impoverished nation.
After decades of war, the bloodthirsty fighters have spoken of their disdain for office life and are reminiscing about the Taliban’s past and their lives which they claim to be ‘free of restrictions’.
Hey, assholes: just say the word, and we could always make your day-to-day lives a little less boring:
I have no idea why we didn’t do that for twenty years. As dreadful as it sounds, we should have left active military basis in Afghanistan just as we have done in Italy, Germany and Japan since 1945.
JQ
BOOM, baby!
I remember the Good ol’ days when upwards of 100 BUFFs lumbered off the runways at Andersen looking to bring some of America’s finest ironwork to Uncle Ho. Rolling Thunder didn’t just refer to the effects of all that tonnage hitting the ground, but to the bone shaking thunder of all those engines hitting full power to get those dinosaurs into the sky.
Oh, yes! I was but a wee tike, but vividly remember the B-52s at Andersen AFB. The ear-splitting shriek cutting through the roar of water-injected jet engines spewing clouds of black smoke were highly Impressive.
It’s why I knew that Afghanistan was going to be a bust. We as westerners lack the ruthlessness that it would have taken in that part of the world to succeed.