Korengal Page #6

everybody comes back unhit?

You're just like...

you just cheated death.

You know, you feel...

you just feel great.

And then it's pretty rough

when you go 100 miles an hour

to a dead halt.

We did everything

to deal with the boredom.

We have talked about

everything with each other

that you can talk about

with another person.

Everything.

We'd have a five-

or six-hour conversation

about who would win in a fight,

George Clooney or Fabio.

Why did we talk about that

for six hours?

I have no clue.

I still say George Clooney

would win,

but you're like, damn,

life is getting weird up here.

Just imagine living

two feet from somebody

for months at a time

and not being able to get away.

Eventually, they're gonna

get pretty annoying.

They start to smell worse.

They start to sound stupider.

After sitting around,

kind of being boxed up,

you know, it gets...

it gets to a person.

And you...

you see the guys on edge,

like, "When's the next round?"

Just looking.

The tensions would come from,

"Okay, I know they're going

to start shooting at us soon."

Like, we haven't been shot at

for two weeks.

So they're probably storing

up all their ammunition,

all their weapons right now,

"and they're going to hit us

hard right now."

For some of us...

I kind of always liked hearing

they're gonna attack 'cause

I got to do my job.

Yeah, I mean, sometimes

you just... you want to fight

so bad just to pass the time.

And the only

thing you have to do

is read a book or get

into a firefight...

When you don't have

that excitement anymore

you got to find stuff

to fill its void.

I've been hit!

No, why don't

f***ing you stay there

- where I f***ing put you?

- Roger.

How do we connect

to the Korengalis?

That's definitely a hard thing.

I know that we're

serving a purpose

besides just killing bad guys.

We are helping that country.

We are helping

the local populous.

Providing them with a lot

of things they've never had.

Like sometimes when he lays

down, is it a burning sensation?

Varner.

We come in,

they're going to take what

they can get from us, and then,

as soon as the Taliban comes in,

they're going to give them

what they want.

But they're a little more scared

of those guys than us.

So I think they play both sides,

and they'll be friendly

to your face, but, you know,

in the end they're...

they're just kind of in

the middle, trying to survive.

I'd like to welcome

all the elders of Korengal.

Uh, we're going

to welcome Governor Wahidi,

the governor of Kunar Province,

and Colonel Ostlund,

the Task Force Rock Commander

presiding over the Kunar

Province with Governor Wahidi.

They're going to talk to you

guys today about security,

about some of the roads ahead

that are going to lead

to a prosperous

and safe Korengal Valley.

Do I respect them?

I don't respect the Korengalis.

Like, when you gather

them all up, no.

They're a bunch of liars,

and they didn't want us,

they didn't want our help.

Are there certain individuals in

the Korengal that I do respect?

Yes, I believe that they

want it better for their people

and they want it better

for their families.

But they were caught between

a rock and a hard place.

Basically, Governor,

there is a sense

of intimidation in the valley.

We continually get the elders

from Chichal, Kandalay,

and Kamisar saying, "Hey,

we're willing to work",

but we need Haji Zalwar Kahn

to tell us

"that we're allowed to work."

Haji Zalwar Kahn,

I don't trust him.

Do I respect him?

Yes.

Because I don't know that

I could carry the weight

of all the Korengal Valley

and be able to play

the United States

and the insurgents that can come

in the middle of the night

and knock on his door,

not carry a weapon,

and I won't know who it is,

and they can do whatever.

And Zalwar Kahn

is saying, like..

But we understand

that if I go in here

and bark at these people,

I kick in their doors,

and that I do piss them off,

the next time that's gonna be

that many more guns

shooting at me.

And, the instincts

of survival are, hey,

if more people hate you,

greater chance

that you're gonna not

come out of this thing alive.

I've seen the first guy

we brought in,

the oldest of the kids, and

he's always coming through here.

And...

I've... he's just shady.

The kid's just shady as sh*t,

and he...

every time we pass him

on the road,

he doesn't want

to make eye contact.

He always looks nervous.

I don't like him.

I know this dude.

So, what am I supposed

to think when...

when the guys are shooting

from where you were

and then from not to far away

from where you were?

About the amount of time

it takes to walk up there.

This is a GSR kit.

It checks for gunpowder residue.

Like, basically if they've

handled any ammunition

any explosive stuff like that.

Basically what

we're looking for is...

there'll be little, tiny blue

specks that stand out.

And, uh, that's the signs

that we're looking for.

Right now we're not

getting anything.

Hey, sir, I don't have

any hits on any of these.

I mean, they came up clean.

So he could be innocent.

Or just washed your hands.

I don't trust him for...

you know,

as far as I can throw him

but you cant do anything

if you don't have any evidence.

It's just like the States,

you know?

This whole "going there

and act like their friend" thing

doesn't work,

especially when you got,

you know, the Afghani

that we caught trying to put

the roadside bomb in, the LED,

just spitting on us, calling us,

you know, infidel and stuff.

You know, hearts and minds

goes out the window then.

Hearts and minds goes

out the window when you see

the guy shooting at you,

and then he puts his wife

and kids in front of him,

knowing full well

that we won't shoot back.

Got some women and children

up on the roof...

Or the guy that shakes our hand,

takes the ten bags of rice

we give him for his family

and the school supplies

and the coats

and immediately walks up

the mountain and shoots

an RPG at us,

walks back down then smiles

the next morning

when he's walking his goats.

F*** his heart

and f*** his mind.

We, um, had thoughts

about the elders

just lying straight to us

and there was times where

we just wanted to, you know,

beat the sh*t out of them

and make them tell us the truth.

I mean... Now, that's...

I know I'm not the only one

'cause I know someone...

we talked about it.

And the guys, there was a point

with me and the guys

were just talking about,

hey, you know,

we should just grab him,

kick his ass,

and make him tell us the truth.

Hey, eyes into that valley

on those guys

that were down there!

That's where I want you to scan.

We got a spotting scope!

Use that on 1705!

There would be

the firefights where we'd see...

actually see,

somebody get killed.

- Now look at him.

- Yeah.

Split him

into f***ing pieces, man.

Seen the dude running

and then you seen him

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes