{"id":240995,"date":"2021-08-19T05:48:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T05:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=240995"},"modified":"2021-08-20T06:30:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:30:50","slug":"written-in-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=240995","title":{"rendered":"Written in Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Combat FlipFops \u2013 Aug 14, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The first time I saw you was in the Khyber pass.\u00a0 You came with your technology, elite fighters fueled by revenge, and the hubris to believe you could disprove history.<\/p>\n

This was a war that you didn\u2019t have the stomach to fight.\u00a0 But I\u2019m glad you tried.<\/p>\n

We bled you the same way we bled the Soviets in our Holy Land.\u00a0 We bled you the same way the Vietnamese bled you in their home land.\u00a0 We did it patiently and deliberately.<\/p>\n

Patience.\u00a0 Something Westerners never learn.<\/p>\n

Our history is millennial.\u00a0 We don\u2019t yearn for an early victory when the Infidel ravages our Holy Land.\u00a0 Our victory is celebrated decades from now.\u00a0 We\u2019ve endured, then ravaged every standing military that crossed our borders. \u00a0 Why?\u00a0 How?\u00a0 We\u2019re patient.<\/p>\n

In 30 days, we\u2019ll be stronger, richer, and have control over precious natural resources that you need for your pathetic life dictated by comfort.\u00a0 We will have women, riches, land, guns, and ownership of one of the greatest chapters in military history.<\/p>\n

You lose.<\/p>\n

If you want to try again, we welcome the challenge.\u00a0 You will fail regardless of how much money you burn in our deserts. For pity, here is free advice that may contribute to your future success; should you ever decide to invade again.<\/p>\n

You recruit your warriors and supporters from a drug addicted, distracted, disillusioned population that\u2019s obsessed with comfort and entertainment.\u00a0 A population obsessed with altering their mundane reality.\u00a0 Alcohol, marijuana, pills, and our new favorite — Tide Pods.\u00a0 Every time your doctors prescribe opiate painkillers, you line our coffers with gold.\u00a0 Your population\u2019s thirst for our pristine heroin has never been more lucrative for our warrior tribes. \u00a0 We will keep feeding you poison for as long as you keep your hands out.<\/p>\n

If your population wasn\u2019t so spineless, undisciplined, and self-loathing, then you might be able to compile a raiding party with enough tenacity to outthink ours.<\/p>\n

Our fighters are born into war.\u00a0 Raised in it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a way of life that evades your \u201cfirst world\u201d nations. They live a life of such immense misery and pain that they\u2019re willing to fight barefoot in the snow for the opportunity to martyr themselves. They yearn for the opportunity to die.\u00a0 When they do have the blessed opportunity to sacrifice themselves, they sit above Mohammed at the right hand of God.\u00a0 Blessed in Allah for eternity<\/p>\n

What honors do your fighters receive?\u00a0 Their empty sacrifice is remembered in the form of a \u201cthree day weekend.\u201d\u00a0 The majority of your population uses this sacred time to get drunk and grow more fat as a way to celebrate their fallen warriors.\u00a0 Sadly, we pay tribute to their death more honorably.<\/p>\n

The colored pieces of cloth you pin on their chests are similar to the jewelry worn by our women.\u00a0 What good are accolades and vanity if you don\u2019t have the stomach to endure a fight? \u00a0 We don\u2019t offer the burden of healthcare to our fighters as they often want to die for Allah.\u00a0 Your fighters fight to live.\u00a0 Their inability to reconcile the inevitable outcome of our patience leads them to kill themselves.\u00a0 Your medications, counselors and non-profits will never undo the pain and suffering you\u2019ve forced them to endure.\u00a0 It will never remove the pain we\u2019ve caused your broken nation.\u00a0 You are your own worst enemy.<\/p>\n

We will give your fighters credit.\u00a0 Some are creative, tenacious, and fierce. They outgun us in every way possible.\u00a0 But again, we simply wait them out.\u00a0 Allah is patient.\u00a0 You cycle them through our Holy Lands every 3 to 12 months for their combat rotations.\u00a0 After their tour is complete, they return to the comfort of their warm beds and endless entertainment.\u00a0 If you left them here, in our Holy Land, with no way out but to win, then you might of have had a chance of success.\u00a0 The longer you poisoned our Holy Land with your presence, your \u201crules of engagement\u201d only strengthened our position. There is only one rule in war – that is to win.<\/p>\n

Your commanders made you fight with your hands tied behind your back. Your rules also confused our fighters too.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re clearly the enemy; why are they letting us go?\u201d\u00a0 Thank you for your compassion as it allowed our fighters to kill more Infidels.\u00a0 We began to feel as if your commanders were on our side.\u00a0 We\u2019re thankful your most vicious dogs were never allowed off their leash.<\/p>\n

Your showcase Generals make us laugh.\u00a0 You spend millions of dollars flying them around our country, inventing new ways to win while ignoring the guidance of our most capable foes.\u00a0 Your Generals make decisions to minimize risk to their fragile reputation with the ultimate goal of securing a lucrative retirement–jobs with suppliers that fuel your losing force. A self-serving circle that\u2019s built on the backs of your youngest and most naive fighters.<\/p>\n

Your retired Generals \u201cearn\u201d tens of thousands of dollars talking to your political, industrial, and financial leaders about \u201cteams, winning, and discipline.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a mockery of the war they refused to fight.\u00a0 It\u2019s a mockery of the Infidel warriors who died in our lands. We urge you to continue following their vacuous\u00a0personalities so we can further watch your once great nation collapse.<\/p>\n

Your statesman and elected officials are spineless, narcissistic, and more cowardly than your Generals.\u00a0 They crave power over you above all else.\u00a0 They come to our country, hide behind blast walls, and only heed the word of the indigenous\u00a0leader they put in power. \u00a0 I believe your soldiers call this a \u201cself licking ice cream cone.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve burned billions of dollars in a wasted effort to bring clean water, electricity, business, education, agriculture, and exports to a region that didn\u2019t ask for it.\u00a0 You should have saved yourself the effort and simply given the money directly to us.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry; your diplomatic friends gave us plenty of your American tax dollars.\u00a0 If you want to give it another shot with your \u201csoft power,\u201d send those with real experience, not fancy degrees and silver tongues.<\/p>\n

Over the next few months, we will\u00a0 make the world understand that you failed worse than any fighting force that\u2019s ever invaded our lands.\u00a0 Today we celebrate victory.<\/p>\n

As you evacuate your embassy, our fighters will be standing in the shade.\u00a0 Our RPG marksmen will be patient.\u00a0\u00a0We thank you for the parting gifts.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find surface-to-air missiles staged in the back of Toyota pickup trucks that you purchased for us.<\/p>\n

We saw what Extortion 17 did to your nation and the morale of your fighting force.\u00a0 Do your citizens even remember that victory? We\u2019ll be repeating and improving upon our victory while your citizens and sympathizers evacuate in disgrace.\u00a0 Every one of your foes around the world will know exactly how to break you.<\/p>\n

You are welcome to fly your empty drones, target our cell phones, and send your spies.\u00a0 But they, too, will ultimately fail.\u00a0 We\u2019ll use their failures to show the world that you\u2019re not all-powerful.\u00a0 You\u2019re a false front–an empty shell. You lie, cheat, steal, and are easily defeated because you lack the spine to fight.\u00a0 This is your history now.\u00a0 We\u2019re grateful Allah gave us the opportunity to show the world how to defeat the Infidels.<\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing you again across the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Praise be to God,<\/p>\n

The Taliban<\/p>\n

***Authors\u2019 Note***<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read this far.\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 I\u2019ve spent the past week trying to find a way to communicate this to the American people in a manner that would cause anger, rage, action, and understanding.\u00a0 Writing in the voice of a Taliban felt right.<\/p>\n

If this made you angry, cry, or contemplative–then our goal is achieved.\u00a0 Our hope is that it inspires you to take action with your elected officials.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been repeating the same failing playbook since World War II with your sons, daughters, and tax dollars.\u00a0 If you want this to keep happening, do nothing.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t, then do something.\u00a0 If we all do a little, together we do a lot.<\/p>\n

About the Authors:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew Griffin<\/a> is a 2001 United States Military Academy Graduate, Army Ranger, Combat Veteran with the 75th Ranger Regiment (3x Afghanistan, 1x Iraq), CEO of Combat Flip Flops, author, and 2019 Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Global Leadership Institute.<\/p>\n

Scott Chapman<\/a> is a 2000 Murray State University Graduate, Army Ranger Fire Team Leader from Alpha Company 2\/75th Rangers (\u201801 – \u201805), OGA Blackwater Alumni, entrepreneur, and author. Combat Veteran ( 21x Afghanistan, 1x Iraq)<\/p>\n

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