James Holland

And then suddenly bug out, you know, because what's going to happen?

You're going to undo everything.

And I remember being in, you know, this is a bit of a segue, Lex, but I remember being in Northern Helmand province back in January 2008. And British troops had just taken over an absolute dump of a town called Musakala. And I remember talking to this Afghan guy.

And I remember being in, you know, this is a bit of a segue, Lex, but I remember being in Northern Helmand province back in January 2008. And British troops had just taken over an absolute dump of a town called Musakala. And I remember talking to this Afghan guy.

And I remember being in, you know, this is a bit of a segue, Lex, but I remember being in Northern Helmand province back in January 2008. And British troops had just taken over an absolute dump of a town called Musakala. And I remember talking to this Afghan guy.

And I remember being in, you know, this is a bit of a segue, Lex, but I remember being in Northern Helmand province back in January 2008.

And British troops had just taken over an absolute dump of a town called Musakala.

And I remember talking to this Afghan guy.

He just had all his willow trees chopped down to make room for a helipad that the Allies wanted, which said, you know, put their kind of, you know, those cages with kind of rubble in the protective wall. Is it called HESCO? I think it was called. Anyway, I said to him, what do you think about the British being there?

He just had all his willow trees chopped down to make room for a helipad that the Allies wanted, which said, you know, put their kind of, you know, those cages with kind of rubble in the protective wall. Is it called HESCO? I think it was called. Anyway, I said to him, what do you think about the British being there?

He just had all his willow trees chopped down to make room for a helipad that the Allies wanted, which said, you know, put their kind of, you know, those cages with kind of rubble in the protective wall. Is it called HESCO? I think it was called. Anyway, I said to him, what do you think about the British being there?

He just had all his willow trees chopped down to make room for a helipad that the Allies wanted, which said, you know, put their kind of, you know, those cages with kind of rubble in the protective wall.

Is it called HESCO?

I think it was called.

Anyway, I said to him, what do you think about the British being there?

And he just went, shrugged at me and lifted up his hands and said, well, you know, if they stay, great, but they won't. And he said, you know, if they stay, then brilliant. But he said, I'll tell you what. He said, Taliban weren't great. They weren't fantastic. He said, but I could leave my purse on a wall and no one would touch it. I could leave it on a wall for a week and no one would touch it.

And he just went, shrugged at me and lifted up his hands and said, well, you know, if they stay, great, but they won't. And he said, you know, if they stay, then brilliant. But he said, I'll tell you what. He said, Taliban weren't great. They weren't fantastic. He said, but I could leave my purse on a wall and no one would touch it. I could leave it on a wall for a week and no one would touch it.

And he just went, shrugged at me and lifted up his hands and said, well, you know, if they stay, great, but they won't. And he said, you know, if they stay, then brilliant. But he said, I'll tell you what. He said, Taliban weren't great. They weren't fantastic. He said, but I could leave my purse on a wall and no one would touch it. I could leave it on a wall for a week and no one would touch it.

And he just went, shrugged at me and lifted up his hands and said, well, you know, if they stay, great, but they won't.

And he said, you know, if they stay, then brilliant.