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> [“By not burning their poppy fields to the ground but instead maintaining a security umbrella that international development agencies could safely work under as they improved these ordinary people's lives, we would win their 'hearts and minds' in the classic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/by-not-burning-their-poppy-fields-to-the-ground-but-instead/)

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## Other authors on Afghans

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## More by Jake Wood

> [“By not burning their poppy fields to the ground but instead maintaining a security umbrella that international development agencies could safely work under as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/by-not-burning-their-poppy-fields-to-the-ground-but-instead/)

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> [“You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/you-are-no-longer-human-with-all-those-depths-and-highs-and-nuances/)

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> [“I was not descending in a plane, coming Home. I was watching an alien world as it ascended towards me - and one that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/i-was-not-descending-in-a-plane-coming-home-i-was-watching-an-alien/)

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> [“...my ability to trust had been shattered into splinters, its fragmented shards slicing through every darkened recess of my mind, his absolution won my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/my-ability-to-trust-had-been-shattered-into-splinters-its-fragmented/)

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> [“my mind struggled top condense all that had led to me being here. My vocal cords fought to express the memories that leaked out;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/my-mind-struggled-top-condense-all-that-had-led-to-me-being-here-my/)

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> [“I feel no emotional connection to these outwardly human gestures. I am not there, because I never left Afghanistan.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/i-feel-no-emotional-connection-to-these-outwardly-human-gestures-i-am/)

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> [“My vocal chords fought to contain the memories that leaked out; I felt the weight off it all pressing down on me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/my-vocal-chords-fought-to-contain-the-memories-that-leaked-out-i-felt/)

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> [“My mother describes me as 'a real hero . . . just like your grandfather'. But I do not know what to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/my-mother-describes-me-as-a-real-hero-just-like-your-grandfather-but/)

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> [“I find that I cannot be in the here and now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/i-find-that-i-cannot-be-in-the-here-and-now/)

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> [“We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over 2,000 years ago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/we-were-not-told-how-alexander-the-great-was-the-last-person-in/)

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> [“But as much as this is a soldier's reason d'etre, it is not often that you hear a soldier explicitly talk about 'killing'. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/but-as-much-as-this-is-a-soldier-s-reason-d-etre-it-is-not-often-that/)

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> [“My family says they are proud of me. Of course, I would rather hear this than the contrary, but I cannot say that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-wood/my-family-says-they-are-proud-of-me-of-course-i-would-rather-hear/)

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