Info from the Wikileaks Afghan War Diaries.
(thanks to Casual Entropy for the link)
the original, higer-resolution version of this video is set to Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills."
for those unfamiliar, that's a song by the heavy metal band about the genocidal Indian Wars of the 1800s.
which wouldn't be so bad if the youtubes didn't keep urging me to buy the MP3 on itunes, and present me with popup ads about designer shoes. moreover, it's worth mentioning that, to this day, standard US military parlance refers to all territory not under US or Allied control as "Indian Country."
you are right, shevek said. no fun. never. all day long on anarres we dig lead in the bowels of the mines, and when night comes, after our meal of three holum grains cooked in one spoonful of brackish water, we antiphonally recite the sayings of odo, until it is time to go to bed. which we all do separately, and wearing boots.
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- it would seem that the choice before us is between ineffectual depression and rage, on the one hand, and a superficial, complicit happiness on the other hand. but the wonderful thing about hands is that they can drop things. and the wonderful thing about us is that we also have feet, and there are more ways to go than straight ahead.
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