BBCNEWS BBC News December 28, 2021 13:26:00
Mark describes the role the interpreters played in the war as invaluable, vital. you got to imagine, you know, as a young man, you go into a country, you don't understand the culture, or the way they work, and what's normal, what's not. so in the beginning, especially in such a kinetic and dangerous area, they, for me, were that buffer. they could gauge the feeling on the ground a lot better than we could in the early days, and maybe stop you making bad decisions. you know, we're no longer out in afghanistan to protect them, like we did during that 10, 11, 12—year period. we need to keep the...