War Machine Page #4

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- Ah!

It is most important to me

that we build Afghanistan.

Together, we build Afghanistan

into a free and prosperous nation.

Free from fear and conflict.

- I see. I see.

- Yeah.

Sounds a lot like the old direction.

No.

But perhaps you yourself

are the new direction.

New strong personality.

New energy. New commitment.

Well, General,

I wish you the best of luck.

Sir, uh... my team and I are about

to embark on a, uh...

a tour of the country

so that we may make an assessment...

...to precisely understand

what is required of us here.

It would be an honor if you would

consider joining me on the tour,

so that our project

might be a unified endeavor.

Hmm.

A sharing of our purpose...

Of our shared purpose.

Thank you for the invitation, General.

Hmm.

- It's very generous.

- Hmm.

But...

I've seen the country.

To get inside

the mind of Glen McMahon,

you really need first to get a handle

on the madness of modern American war.

Lieutenant Colonel Frank Groom.

Welcome to Kandahar, sir.

Nice to meet you, Frank.

I'm here to get the lay of the land.

Counterinsurgency.

In the good old days,

wars were fought

against conventional armies

from nation states.

Guys in uniforms, like Nazis and stuff.

When, however, you've just gone

and invaded a place

that you probably shouldn't have,

you end up fighting against just

regular people in regular-people clothes.

These guys are what are called insurgents.

Basically, they're just guys

who picked up weapons 'cause...

so would you,

if someone invaded your country.

Funnily enough...

insurgencies are next to impossible

to defeat.

And so, if you wanna go on

pretending you can win,

you're really left with no option

but to try to convince

the country you've invaded

that you're actually here to help.

He's saying the Americans

are urinating in the streets,

and, uh, they call us motherfuckers

all day.

It's "motherf***er, motherf***er"

all the time.

And it's considered in our culture

a very bad thing to f*** your own mother.

In ours, too. Uh... in ours, too.

This is counterinsurgency.

It's a popularity contest.

Salaam alaikum.

You're trying

to convince the people

that they're better off with you

than they are with the insurgents.

Basically, it works like this.

You install a local government.

You provide security for the people

so that that democracy can take root.

We're training them up,

taking them out on maneuvers.

You train up the local forces

so that they can provide

the security for themselves.

I mean, they're sweet kids.

They're good kids.

Good-natured. Integrational.

You know, they are very integrational

as a people.

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