I've been to Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda, but not Somalia. Who the fuck wants to go to Somalia? I did a Google search and in a lot of photos, this is what the place looked like. Gangs of grinning, coke-crazed, trigger-happy lunatics in Toyotas loaded with AK-47s, M-50s and RPGs. Hopelessly lawless and dangerously insane. I'll paint them from a safe distance.
This Afghani-Taliban fighter has just taken out a US Marines helicopter with his RPG. A weapon the CIA supplied the mujahidin with, to take out Soviet helicopter gunships during their failed invasion of Afghanistan. When you look at the long history of failed invasions of Afghanistan, it's little wonder they now take out US helicopters with US made weapons. An ironic, yet predictable example of what goes around, comes around.
This could be Dubai or Bahrain. Just a few of the boys barbecuing some imported steaks and drinking cold imported beer in the stifling 40 degree heat and humidity. Their conversation would be about real estate, oil prices, Russian girls or Mercedes Benz, but as the afternoon wears on, be sprinkled with a liberal dose of bravado and innuendo.
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