The Journey is the Destination Page #6

Hold on. We'll come down.

Yeah.

Oh, Dan, I made a scrapbook

of everything

you've ever published.

I have to find it for you.

It's tremendous. I can't

wait for you to see it.

She's something, isn't she?

You all right?

Yeah. Good.

Good.

But you first.

Tell me everything.

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, really.

No, it's just

so crazy over there.

Well, we miss you.

Can't you stay longer,

just a little longer?

I know, I know. Actually,

I'm hoping to be staff now.

Ahh.

The real thing, yeah.

I'm getting closer.

It's just, yeah,

now's not the time.

What's going on?

What, are you writing?

Oh, yes, I'm writing.

I have a book proposal in,

and I think they're

gonna go for it.

All right.

Well, next time out,

I'm sending you

a ticket to Nairobi.

We're gonna plan the house

I'll build you when you're old

so you can tend to your goats

and look after my 10 children.

No goats!

I am so proud of you.

I get really scared,

but I'm really proud

that you're living

the life you love.

And I'm sorry

that I wasn't there.

You know, I think

I get it now, mom,

just why you had

to go your own way.

I hated it, but, um...

I get it.

Where do you think I got

this gypsy spirit from, anyway?

I love you, mom.

I love you too, bud.

Ta-da!

There it is.

This is it.

See you in a bit.

Okay.

So...

Do we leave when

the job gets tough...

Or when the job is well done?

Jesus! Since when

are we the targets?

Come on, Shaffi.

Let's go, let's go!

White people dying

sells more papers

than black people.

That's all they care about.

No one gives a sh*t.

There's nothing!

We're page 20!

We may as well not be here!

Leave, then,

if no one gives a sh*t.

That's not what I'm saying.

What are you saying?

It's obvious, isn't it?

Regular Somali folk

are getting shot by soldiers.

That should be news.

And if nobody's listening?

It's what I'm saying, duff!

Man:
Oh. Whoa.

We do not throw food!

I'm being transferred.

Ho, ho, ho, ho.

I'm being transferred.

What? Where?

Bosnia.

Who's replacing you?

That's childish.

You wanna give me...

Sorry, man.

Scott... Scott!

Dan Eldon just wants the facts.

Let me see.

No one's replacing you.

I'm it.

Staff assignment, baby.

Bravo!

Whoo!

Danny! Danny! Danny!

Whoo!

Are you all right, Babu?

Pakistanis.

I knew some of them.

Jesus. What have they

done to the bodies?

There's no skin.

I'll shoot it, mo.

Go home.

No. No, you can't

shoot that.

Think about it.

If that gets out, then he's won.

If the world sees that,

then the U.S. will have to

do something to answer it.

They will have to attack,

which is exactly

what Aidid wants.

Terror is his weapon.

You have to believe that

this is the end of it,

that what we do

will turn it around.

You have to, but

you don't always know.

How can you?

Because it's not

black and white, huh?

It never is.

It's... it's...

It's gray.

The whole f***ing thing is gray.

You're right, Dan.

What?

You're right not to shoot that.

Dan:
I don't know how these

experiences are changing me,

but I feel different.

Sweetie...

Sugar, Kadogo...

Gisa, Somalia...

Saba.

These are the things I now know.

It is therapeutic

to apply a well-toned,

beautiful naked body

to one's own flesh

at least twice a day.

It is foolish and hazardous

not to dance in Africa.

The more music you like,

the happier you will be.

Connection is the solution

to the problem.

Thank you so much.

This is the difference

between exploring

and being lost.

Hos, when did you get in?

Just now.

I'm replacing you.

You're going on leave.

There's a car waiting to

take you to the airstrip.

Now?

Yep.

Guess I'll go pack.

Arrivederci, Roma.

I'm on leave.

Where will you go?

On safari with Saba.

Saba who?

Saba, the wonder girl.

Saba, the magnificent.

What's happening?

Another peacekeeping mission.

Where's Babu?

Anthony.

Breakfast with the Pakistanis.

Go and get his camera gear.

Go on, Anthony.

This could be your big chance.

Hos.

Hey, Anthony.

Where'd you fly in from, hos?

Rwanda. There's

a multi-party democracy

threatening to break out there.

Anybody got a 300?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Yeah.

Anthony!

Anthony!

Babuji,

he's setting up your gear.

Good boy, Anthony.

What could possibly be left?

Aidid.

That's who they're after.

And this is exactly

what he wants.

Gonna get you help inside.

You all right?

Jesus, this is heavy.

Yeah, I'm good, I'm good.

You okay, yeah?

Bring him this way.

Inside, yeah?

We got steps, okay?

Just set him down here.

Sit down here.

Steady.

There was this silence,

this god-awful emptiness

like I've never

experienced before.

Yeah, we saw the shelling.

I thought they'd never stop.

It wasn't just shells, man.

There's this guy inside,

Sanjeeh.

His arm was shredded,

but he was playing dead

to save himself.

He said the ground troops

came in

after the shelling like a sweep.

If they saw anyone shouting,

they shot them.

What the f***?

He saw maybe 15 go that way,

like grandfathers,

fathers, sons.

I got there just as

they were clearing out,

so I didn't see it go down.

Qaybdiid house is rubble.

- Qaybdiid? The villa?

- Yeah.

Scott, come on, let's get this.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wipe his face there.

Wipe his face.

Anthony, get in closer.

Do you need someone

to hold you up?

No, I'm good,

I'm good, I'm good.

Leave the blood, guys,

all right?

Yeah.

All right, frame you up.

All right.

The gunship attack

was in response to...

Okay, stay with me.

The gunship attack

was in response

to U.S. intelligence

that Somali warlord

general Aidid

was conducting a council of war.

But it seems

intelligence was misled.

Aidid was not present.

It was instead

a meeting of elders

and respected members

of the Somali community

who were there

to discuss peace initiatives.

When the U.S. ground forces

withdrew,

I realized

I was in the wrong place.

Somalis came

from all directions,

and they saw me

as European being there,

and they set upon me.

We come after.

Come now, Shaffi.

Show what America

has done now. Come.

It's not worth the risk, Shaffi.

Please come.

Take picture.

There are many, many

dead women and children.

You must come.

Show what America has done.

And show how America,

a world nation,

make war against

innocent people.

Please come.

Dan, the driver's

waiting for you.

Babu?

Hey, will you

guarantee our safety?

Forget it, Dan.

It's f***ing dangerous.

Yeah, we guarantee.

Come on now.

Yeah?

Come, please.

Anthony.

If you don't want to,

you don't have to.

I want to.

I'll come, too.

Come now.

Okay. All right,

we come, we come!

Please now!

Now, now, now.

Babu, let's go.

Come on, guys.

What the hell

are we doing up front?

Hey, Wariah.

Tell him to get in front!

Are you afraid, Babuji?

If I'm shot, it will be

with an American bullet,

not a Somali one.

Get out! Abdi?

Do what he say.

Do what he say.

Do what he say.

Do what he say.

Do what he say.

What the hell is he doing?

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