John Ashbrook
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That's the way the cookie crumbles. You know what I mean? Just follow what they tell you. Let's go. You know what I mean? You're not in charge. Someone else is making the calls. You just got to do your best when the time comes.
Yeah. Tora Bora.
Yeah. Tora Bora.
Yeah. Tora Bora.
Yeah.
Yeah.
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Yeah. So, yeah, we were looking for bin Laden. The Tora Bora was like a stronghold for bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, whatever they call themselves. Right. And the Russians could never get in there. Right. And I think somebody I don't know who said it, but it was 10. It took 10 of us 10 days. To do what? To get everybody out of those mountains. Either kill them or have them come out and surrender.
Yeah. So, yeah, we were looking for bin Laden. The Tora Bora was like a stronghold for bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, whatever they call themselves. Right. And the Russians could never get in there. Right. And I think somebody I don't know who said it, but it was 10. It took 10 of us 10 days. To do what? To get everybody out of those mountains. Either kill them or have them come out and surrender.
Yeah. So, yeah, we were looking for bin Laden. The Tora Bora was like a stronghold for bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, whatever they call themselves. Right. And the Russians could never get in there. Right. And I think somebody I don't know who said it, but it was 10. It took 10 of us 10 days. To do what? To get everybody out of those mountains. Either kill them or have them come out and surrender.
But it took 10 of us 10 days. The Russians never took it. They had 10,000 soldiers, you know?
But it took 10 of us 10 days. The Russians never took it. They had 10,000 soldiers, you know?
But it took 10 of us 10 days. The Russians never took it. They had 10,000 soldiers, you know?
We bomb the shit out of those guys. You know what I mean?
We bomb the shit out of those guys. You know what I mean?
We bomb the shit out of those guys. You know what I mean?
No, it was more like Air Force stuff. You know what I mean? Unfortunately, not my... I mean, if I had to blow them up one at a time, like, that would be awesome. But we bombed them. So it was more of an Air Force thing. We had a call on the radio for a bomb.
No, it was more like Air Force stuff. You know what I mean? Unfortunately, not my... I mean, if I had to blow them up one at a time, like, that would be awesome. But we bombed them. So it was more of an Air Force thing. We had a call on the radio for a bomb.
No, it was more like Air Force stuff. You know what I mean? Unfortunately, not my... I mean, if I had to blow them up one at a time, like, that would be awesome. But we bombed them. So it was more of an Air Force thing. We had a call on the radio for a bomb.
Yeah. Yeah, war. Like, let's go. We killed hundreds of people on the first day. Like... I can't tell you how many people died or, you know what I mean? There's just everywhere, side of the mountains, like, and then sometimes guys get blowed up. There's only pieces, you know what I mean? And, and they'd just be on the side of the mountain. Like, what do you do?