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Originally Posted by JinnKai
There really needs to be a better word for someone from Afghanistan. I saw this thread and I thought that a Navy Seal was saved by some sort of blanket.. (Afghan). That said, I'm not sure this really reflects poorly on us. Sure, he saved the guys' life.. people do it all the time, and don't expect any sort of reward. If I see a soldier about to walk in front of traffic and I save him, should I automatically get free transport to New York, paid for by the government?
I empathasize with the guy, but he knew that by obeying Pashtunwali he would be exiled from his city. He acted with that in mind, and should accept the responsibility for what it brought about.
I mean -- if I were in the gov'ts position, I'd certainly reward the guy. But I dont think it should be expected that we will at all.
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Initially: lol @ afghan.
Second: It doesn't seem to me that he's looking so much for a reward, as for help, as he's lost so very much in offering this assistance. You saving a soldier from being hit by a car doesn't address you putting your family in danger, losing your home, being in constant fear of death threats, etc.
Its not that far removed from Germans helping to save a Jews from the Nazis.
Should the soldier have just accepted that he'd be captured, probably tortured and put to death? He knew what he was doing when he accepted his mission. Yet he accepted assistance from the villager. The villager is now in a position of appreciating some assistance himself.
It's called compassion.