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We put men with kids and women with families on the lines so we could mitigate casualties instead of just dropping 500-pound bombs on there.
We put men with kids and women with families on the lines so we could mitigate casualties instead of just dropping 500-pound bombs on there.
Yeah, their willingness โ because my biggest thing is dealing with the injured civilians. Their willingness to put civilians in danger is something that it's like โ Um, talking to some veterans from that area, uh, still to this day, like, cause we lost 111, there was 111 Royal Marines killed in Sangin before we got there and replaced them.
Yeah, their willingness โ because my biggest thing is dealing with the injured civilians. Their willingness to put civilians in danger is something that it's like โ Um, talking to some veterans from that area, uh, still to this day, like, cause we lost 111, there was 111 Royal Marines killed in Sangin before we got there and replaced them.
Yeah, their willingness โ because my biggest thing is dealing with the injured civilians. Their willingness to put civilians in danger is something that it's like โ Um, talking to some veterans from that area, uh, still to this day, like, cause we lost 111, there was 111 Royal Marines killed in Sangin before we got there and replaced them.
And it was just like, um, you know, you're operating under, you know, we have Geneva, NATO has their own rules or whatever. And so people don't realize that's why we took so many casualties. If we were just willing to do the things they were willing to do, it would be way less casualties.
And it was just like, um, you know, you're operating under, you know, we have Geneva, NATO has their own rules or whatever. And so people don't realize that's why we took so many casualties. If we were just willing to do the things they were willing to do, it would be way less casualties.
And it was just like, um, you know, you're operating under, you know, we have Geneva, NATO has their own rules or whatever. And so people don't realize that's why we took so many casualties. If we were just willing to do the things they were willing to do, it would be way less casualties.
And I think that whenever I talk about it, if there's good guys and bad guys, obviously everybody's bad in war. But there is levels to what they're willing to do versus what we're willing to do.
And I think that whenever I talk about it, if there's good guys and bad guys, obviously everybody's bad in war. But there is levels to what they're willing to do versus what we're willing to do.
And I think that whenever I talk about it, if there's good guys and bad guys, obviously everybody's bad in war. But there is levels to what they're willing to do versus what we're willing to do.
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Yeah, I think that that's something that I like, especially now that the Taliban has taken over. I think about that because Malala โ He's experienced that with that.
Yeah, I think that that's something that I like, especially now that the Taliban has taken over. I think about that because Malala โ He's experienced that with that.
Yeah, I think that that's something that I like, especially now that the Taliban has taken over. I think about that because Malala โ He's experienced that with that.
Yeah, it's so sad. I remember I talked to a prosecutor a couple weeks ago, the Harris County DA, a DA for Houston, and she ran a foundation where she took female legal experts and trained them as an American prosecutor about the law system. So training them to be prosecutors in Afghanistan, women specifically. She's a female prosecutor.
Yeah, it's so sad. I remember I talked to a prosecutor a couple weeks ago, the Harris County DA, a DA for Houston, and she ran a foundation where she took female legal experts and trained them as an American prosecutor about the law system. So training them to be prosecutors in Afghanistan, women specifically. She's a female prosecutor.
Yeah, it's so sad. I remember I talked to a prosecutor a couple weeks ago, the Harris County DA, a DA for Houston, and she ran a foundation where she took female legal experts and trained them as an American prosecutor about the law system. So training them to be prosecutors in Afghanistan, women specifically. She's a female prosecutor.