I love you, I won't kill you

Dari (also known as Afghan Persian) is another official language in Afghanistan besides Pashto.The Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks who speak the Dari language and the Pashtuns in the city live together in this barren land, but the Pashtuns, who have their own language, have become the mainstay of this country. The master of the regime - the Taliban.

When the regime of the Pashtuns experienced the unprecedented "911" incident, their national regime was also on the road to being destroyed instantly.So far, the anti-Taji alliance, which speaks the common language of Dari, has risen rapidly, allowing Dari to achieve unprecedented development in the country's unknown development process.

The large-scale campaign launched on the day before Western Valentine's Day in 2010 was code-named Operation Moses Tarek.The word, in Dari, means "together".

Amanda, one of 4500 Marines, participated in the campaign alongside U.S. Army, British and Afghan forces.In this battle, the light helicopters and attack helicopters driven by her and other Marine Corps pilots became the most important tools of war.

After completing the task of launching missiles into the city and clearing them on a fixed-point basis, she will cover the squadron's UH-1Y "Venom" light helicopter and quickly fly to the city to perform the next task of covering the airborne marines.

Through a green image under the night vision goggles, Amanda silently watched the UH-1Y helicopter on the left flying at low altitude with the cabin doors on both sides fully opened.Six heavily armed male marines from the 2st Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment of the [-]nd Marine Division were sitting firmly on the floors on both sides of the cabin.

When the two helicopters reached the center of the city where they could land, Amanda used the helmet intercom system and said to UH-1Y hovering in the airspace on the left, "Verper 2, this is Viper 1. Finish."

The UH-1Y Venom helicopter pilot, replied, "Got it, this is Viper 2."

"Uh... the airspace is safe, we can implement a landing, over."

"Understood, Viper 1. End."

"Action, action, action!" A marine on board who couldn't see his face clearly in the dark yelled loudly.

Subsequently, the six marines quickly slid to the ground using the descent ropes suspended in mid-air on both sides of the helicopter.While watching the landing marines, Amanda vigilantly observed the airspace around the two helicopters back and forth.

"The landing is complete, let's return." Captain Grove said.

"Yes, Captain." At this moment, Amanda relaxed slightly, pressing her finger on the firing button of the machine gun.

When returning to the camp, Amanda spoke to Jon through the intercom system, "Captain, how many Taliban do you think we can eliminate with the targeted killing?"

Jon observed the airspace in the left and right directions, and said calmly, "I don't know. Anyway, I don't want this battle to eventually evolve into the 'Phantom Fury' operation five years ago."

Operation "Phantom Fury" in late 2004, the second Battle of Fallujah.Led by the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Army and Navy, the British Army and the Iraqi Army jointly launched a military operation to capture the city of Fallujah in Iraq.

Amanda hadn't been a Marine when the campaign took place.It was only after joining the Marines that she learned the full extent of the campaign.

Amanda asked, "You mean, the destruction of tens of thousands of buildings and a large number of civilian casualties?"

A few seconds later, Jon replied, "Well, but our ground troops lost 72 Marine Corps brothers."

"God bless them!"

"However, God will not give them the Navy Cross."

The two laughed easily in the cabin.In the next hour, the two piloted the AH-1W to cover the UH-1Y to complete the task of landing the Marines in the helicopter formation.

Two days after the Battle of Marja, at 2:15 am local time on February 12th.Amanda got in touch with Julie, who was far away in the country, because yesterday was Valentine's Day.

为什么是昨天，她自己也觉得不对劲。可她俩现在有12小时30分的时差，所以朱莉那边的时间应该是2月14日的下午12点35分。

"Hey, how are you doing there? The news from the Associated Press said that you are engaged in a large-scale battle." Julie sat at the desk and checked the case information, and took the time to ask Amanda on the screen.

"Very good. So far, I haven't encountered a bastard who shoots at me with a rocket." Amanda said, deliberately showing a relaxed state.

"Hey, what are you doing? You know, what day was it yesterday?" Obviously, she was a little dissatisfied with Julie's attitude.

"Yesterday? Yesterday was the 13th, the Chinese New Year."

"The 13th? No, damn it. I mean the 2th of February."

"Oh, well, I remember. I'm sorry, honey. Now, I'm getting swallowed up by a pile of cases."

"Really? I don't believe it." Amanda really didn't believe that Julie's work could be so busy.

"Come on, I'm acting as a public defender now. Do you know how many people in Long Beach have no money for a lawyer?" Julie said after glancing at the file and then at Amanda.

"Well, I wish I was one of them."

"What? Come on baby, I love you. Well, Happy Valentine's Day!"

Amanda shook her head, "Honey, Happy Valentine's Day! Have you received the gift I sent you?"

Julie looked at the time and put down the case materials in her hand, "Yes, handmade Afghan carpets. Handmade products made of pure wool, very beautiful! I like it!"

"Really? But, why do I feel that you seem to be going to eat a whole roast leg of lamb now?"

"Honey, you're so cute. God, a whole leg of lamb!?"

"Yes, that's right. People here, on big days, roast whole sheep."

"I think that's how people lived there before the war broke out." Julie nodded and said.

"That's right. But since 01, farmers here have planted a large number of poppies." Amanda said.

"What? God, don't they know that this stuff can murder all human beings?"

"Well, actually, they really don't know it's a drug. For them, it's the only crop that can be exchanged for food and daily necessities."

Julie couldn't believe it and asked, "But why?"

Amanda shook her head and said, "Okay. What do you think the market price would be for a pound of wheat and a pound of opium?"

"Well, the price of the latter is at least 100 times higher than the former. If it is in Los Angeles on the west coast, it may be more than this price."

"So, in order to change their poor living conditions, these Islamic farmers can only choose to grow poppies."

"And what about their women and children? What if there is no money for medical treatment?"

"How? Well, even God doesn't believe it. Whether it's a fever or a cough, adults and children here know that opium is the only cure. They think that taking opium can prolong their working hours and relieve their pain. "

"This is crazy!" Julie said angrily.

"Calm down! Now, we are there to help these people get rid of this demon." Amanda said.

Even if she didn't tell Julie in person, she believed that Julie must know that Helmand Province, where she lives, is the largest poppy production base in Afghanistan and even in the world.Because of poppies, Helmand Province also has a famous nickname called "Golden Crescent Bay".

90% of the world's drugs and heroin extracted from opium worth more than 4000 billion US dollars are shipped to Western Europe and the United States respectively, and occupy 80% of the European heroin trading market.The reason why the Taliban militants have confronted the United States for almost 10 years is because the drug economy has become the main source of income for the Taliban militants.

"Hey, workaholic, didn't realize you were actually in the office?" After the video call with Amanda, a call came from downtown Los Angeles.

"Yeah, it's almost over." Julie glanced and turned on the hands-free office phone.

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