[Shacs] LSA Anaconda

[Bronius Motekaitis]

(mr. slow reader here, checking in..)
How's this for what motivates and what deters:

> Tyler and Jayme left Iraq in May 2005. The Arbil office failed; there
> wasn't enough business in Kurdistan. They moved to London, where Tyler still
> works for SSI. His time in Iraq has transformed him to the extent that, like
> Ryan, he doesn't think he can ever move back to the USA. His years of living
> hyperintensely, carrying a gun, building an organization from scratch in a
> war zone, have distanced him from his home. His friends seem to him to have
> stagnated. Their concerns seem trivial. And living with real, known,
> tangible danger has bred contempt for what he calls America's "culture of
> fear."
>
Like returning from an action-packed, educational conference to an office
job.... . .   .    .


On 4/24/07, Bronius Motekaitis <bronius at bcswebstudio.com> wrote:
>
> What an account..!  (still reading with great interest..)
>
> On 4/24/07, BURNS, KIRK A <LIB_KAB at shsu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I came across this article on slashdot.org.  While its not completely
> > correct, it isn't far off.  The description of Anaconda (Balad, Iraq - where
> > I'm stationed) is pretty accurate.  The one thing he doesn't describe is how
> > loud it is here.  We have F-16s launching on after burners about every
> > hour.  But, figured people might be interested in what things are like here
> > from a computer geeks point of view.
> >
> >
> > http://rezendi.com/travels/bbbb.html
> >
> >
> > Kirk
> >
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