AFGHANISTANISM

“... there’s a lot that is comfortable about distance.

… and nobody gives a damn.

... I don’t wish to belabor this subject of Afghanistanism ...”

“His house, his country, his property, his all, were ours; ...”

“…it is probably the best method of striking terror into these savages, and perhaps of eventually preventing bloodshed.”

“...they paused for awhile, and then climbed the hill yonder to die.

We could see it all again after a lapse of thirty-seven years.”

“Seizing their weapons they become... as dangerous and as sensible as mad dogs: fit only to be treated as such.”

“The second evil was the overpowering stench of decomposing animal and human corpses, which rotted rapidly in
the intense heat.
… there were still many Afghan bodies and these took time to locate and bury. But the stench lingered on for many days.”

“The second evil was the overpowering stench of decomposing animal and human corpses, which rotted rapidly in the intense heat.
… there were still many Afghan bodies and these took time to locate and bury. But the stench lingered on for many days.”

“... where the son thinks as his father did, men are still proud to be men.

Here, no more high-heeled sluts in short frocks…”

“…
a more useless and unnecessary thing than an expedition into this country could not be imagined.

Committed to it as we now are, a sudden withdrawal would be madness.”