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The Talib

At best a wayward child, lowly born,
Misinformed;
At worst the Devil’s own. The fatal sum-
Opium.
When eye-lined soldiers chase the dragon song,
Fear is gone;
Unhinged, the Talib martyr’s glory ride
Suicide.
While sinister, self-righteous mullahs plan—
Pakistan,
Their dirty, youthful minions pile high,
For a lie.

—Capt. Chad Lewis, U.S. Army Special Forces
March 2014