@redeemed_zoomer May I recommend a break from all of this? Iβve said it years ago too much of this is no good. Speed more time with your wife, real life friends/family, and other things you enjoy doing then come back to it later. Itβll be here.
@thehortator I wish kids/young adults would stop listening to religious influencers. If they belong to a church and have a solid pastor/priest listen to him, pray, read scripture, etc. Listening to random lay people who have social media accts is risky.
On September 9, 2001, one of the most significant events in modern military history occurred just 48 hours prior to the attacks of 9/11 when legendary Afghan guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by two al-Qaeda operatives posing as journalists. While they set up a camera to record an interview, they detonated explosives in its battery pack, killing one of the most brilliant military leaders in history.
Praised by the Wall Street Journal in 1992 as, βThe Afghan Who Won the Cold War,β the βLion of Panjshirβ was the most effective mujahideen commander in the fight against the Soviets. He famously noted, βthere are only two things the Afghan must have, the Quran and the Stingers.β
Following the defeat of the Soviets he was appointed the Minister of Defense in the new Islamic State of Afghanistan before once again taking up arms to oppose the Taliban.
In April 2001 he spoke to the European Parliament in France, warning of an al-Qaeda plot to attack the United States that would make the destruction of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania pale by comparison.
Massoud led the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance), the force that would take Kabul and oust the Taliban from power in the name of their martyred commander alongside U.S. military and intelligence personnel just months after his death.
I often wonder what Afghanistan would look like had Massoud taken his place as a leader in a post 9/11 world. Would we have left in defeat? Would the Taliban be in power today? We will never know.
βDeath is better than life in humiliation.β - Ahmad Shah Massoud
Read AFGHAN NAPOLEON by Sandy Gall for more on the life of Ahmad Shah Massoud.
A suicide bomber kills Ahmad Shah Massoud, military commander of the Afghan Northern Alliance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls President Bush and warns him urgently that βsomething larger might be afoot.β