: About Me

My name's Tommy Walton, I know it says that somewhere else on this page but I'll repeat it here anyways. I'm a soldier in the US Army, have been for almost 3 years now. I've been to Afghanistan (16 months) and I'm due to go to Iraq before I can get out. I like to write but have trouble finding the time. Not much else to say.

Creative Writing > Essays Essays: War in Afghanistan

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"The Taliban will not be ready for negotiations until the U.S. and its allies leave our country, we will pursue our jihad against America and its allies until they leave our country. After that ... then the Taliban will be ready for negotiations." - Qari Yousef Ahmadi, Taliban spokesman. All too familiar rhetoric in the now six year long 'war on terror'; and that was what we were expecting when we deployed to Afghanistan in February 2006. We thought we were ready for anything, but in truth the US Military is ill equipped to effectively handle the war in Afghanistan because our lack of unde...

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