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“No sé cómo no enloquecí entonces, porque hubiera sido tanto mejor, enloquecer como un hombre. Salir a caminar y que nos encontraran una semana después, con cara de susto, espantados todavía, que con mucho trabajo nos dejáramos llevar a casa. Perder la cordura hubiera sido tanto más sano, no haber explotado entonces fue más cruel.¿A quién le debe uno la cordura? Si no se podía hacer que el tiempo diera un solo paso atrás, ¿por qué quedarse calladamente, sumisamente, obedientemente cuerdos? Debe ser que uno no enloquece cuando quiere, sino cuando puede”

“The path to a sustained victory in Afghanistan lies in improving their economy, creating jobs for the Afghanis, strengthening their government and national services, getting the provinces to trust each other and work together, and eliminating the opium trade. Previously, the United States' policy was to not get deeply involved in internal Afghani drug issues; now we've changed the policy and are actively working to eradicate the drugs. But nobody has yet to come up with a way to shut down the poppy fields and get the Afghani people back to work. Until that happens, the Taliban will inevitable creep back in.”

“I want to scream again, and I remember that last time I felt this way, riding with Baba in the tank of the fuel truck, buried in the dark with other refugees. I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my leg blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away. There will be no other reality tonight.”