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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
The gist of the book seems to be that the CIA really deserves a lot of credit for the Soviet failure in Afghanistan, and that two extremely colorful figures deserve the credit for what the CIA did -- Congressman Charles Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos..... Anyone else?
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The joke in the early 80s was Q. "How do you spot an American in Afganistan?" A. "By the boots."
The Americans were real good at blending in but had a soft spot for good boots. Military boots being a dead give-away the favorites were Sears, etc hunting boots. As long as you saw um' from the knees up it was hard to tell. See the feet and you knew.
Now days no matter how long you grow your hair; your buff build, sun glasses and dew rag gives it all away
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Pete
Duckin' and runnin' for the bunker.