tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991024443488082637.post5248306160060429698..comments2023-02-25T09:36:18.263-06:00Comments on Red Bull Rising: Book Review: 'Afghan Journal'Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357128909045161891noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991024443488082637.post-72308577174999055692010-06-25T22:02:13.583-05:002010-06-25T22:02:13.583-05:00Sherpa - Many thanks for your support of my book....Sherpa - Many thanks for your support of my book. Your comments mean a lot to me, as I know you are getting ready to go there yourself...I hope it has given you some mental ammo for your own deployment. If anything I wrote helps you come home safely, it will have done more than its job.<br /><br />Keep your head down and your powder dry, bro. You and your team will be in our thoughts and prayers - <br /><br />Zool, out.jeff courterhttp://www.lifeloveandtruth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991024443488082637.post-10642144536562678682010-06-25T06:57:10.055-05:002010-06-25T06:57:10.055-05:00I read this book and agree with Sherpa. Jeff Court...I read this book and agree with Sherpa. Jeff Courter shows a great effort to understand the people and their culture and try to make a real difference. Not an easy task many days halway across the globe!<br /><br />I am now deeply mired (appropriately enough) in the book "In The Graveyard of Empires" by Seth G. Jones and it reinforces on the larger Afghan national level much of what Courter documents. Lack of governance at the rural level, locals supporting the Taliban not for religious or political reasons but out of fear and the general lost opportunities early on running what Courter calls a K-Mart war.<br /><br />WAR by Sebastian Junger is a must read as well! PDVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com