Chapter 15: Too Fragile To Fight

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Narration:

( It has been a long time since the United States fought a high-intensity war of attrition.

Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Two , too long armed conflicts.

The United States will no longer engage in "forever wars." As the United States "might struggle to win, or perhaps lose" in such wars. With the US military suffering "unacceptably high casualties" in both wars.

According to an US official, with the current ongoing war in Afghanistan he believes this will be "a very protracted conflict, and thinks it's at least measured in years, According to the official this can take about a decade, but at least years for sure."

Flashback

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Flashback

20XX

F.O.B Ramrod

Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Sargeant Joseph Alinea

3rd Platoon, Bravo Company

Barracks, Interior

Soldier 1: You know, people forget the brain is the biggest erogenous zone.

Soldier 2: Maybe on you.

Soldier 1 : Man, fuck you.

(Sgt Brennan enters the tent.)

Joseph: Hey, man. You seen Murdo, doc ?

Sgt Brennan: Murdo? Oh.. shit for brains murdock. He's gonna be transfered to landstuhl. Kid's gonna be fine.

(Ssgt Givens makes his way through the tent.)

Ssgt Givens: (approaches Joseph and Sgt Brennan) Bravo One Two! All of you.

El-Tee (LT) was at a local council meeting a week ago. Alpha Troop's commander

heard the wrath of the villagers over the alleged murder. Alpha sent one of his Lt's

to the village to push back on the accusations and witnesses.

Joseph: Same ol bullshit. Then what.. staff sargeant?

Ssgt Givens: An investigation did not follow.

Sgt Brennan: Whaat? The fuck...

Ssgt Givens: NCO's and Co. believed the attack to be fake, and there was no actual murder of an afghan civilian that happend on that day.

Joseph: Fucking A.

Sgt Brennan: Command must be so fed up with all the bullshit accusations. Man..

Ssgt Givens: All right, that is all. Everyone Rack out. See you faggots at zero dark thirty.

(Ssgt Givens exits the tent. A helicopter passes overhead and soldiers mill about between the tents.)

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