He came back from the war<\/p>\n
carrying discarded shells in his pocket<\/p>\n
‘3 for those I killed,’ he says<\/p>\n
He also brings an iPhone full of pictures<\/p>\n
and videos<\/p>\n
him and his buddies having a good time<\/p>\n
firing shots into the mountainside<\/p>\n
kicking up dust, drinking beers<\/p>\n
a10s from far off farting death on buildings<\/p>\n
big explosions to hoots and hollers<\/p>\n
camel spiders trying to kill each other<\/p>\n
stop signs with noodle text<\/p>\n
interpreter with a back home sports team hat on<\/p>\n
thumbs up with the flag<\/p>\n
and then a little girl crying<\/p>\n
as someone behind the camera taunts her in farsi<\/p>\n
he appears in the foreground with his rifle<\/p>\n
shouldered<\/p>\n
he looks at the camera with a<\/p>\n
‘watch this’ face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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