?Ooooh, Major Far-nan-do, we?re gonna sell you to the Taliban for a million dollars .?.?. laa-di-laaa .?.?. we?re gonna trade you for a new truck .?.?. for a new house!?
It was late at night in Helmand province last summer, and my Afghan army companions ? Jawad and Raz Mohammed ? were improvising a song in Dari, clapping their hands to the beat. They could barely get through a verse without bursting into laughter. I did my best to laugh, too. We were friends, and they were joking, but for a moment it made me wonder: Could I trust these men? Would they try to sell me? And what was I doing out here alone? In fact, was it safe for any of us, a few thousand U.S. advisers, to be embedded in Afghan military units across the country?
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