Those who might have led were obliged to follow, and the solutions, therefore, were makeshift, the kind that only looked good from a distance.Mark Bowden
It was a city without comforts, without sanitation, divided and tormented, filled with the wretched, the broken and the dead.Mark Bowden
It often seems it is the assailed innocent who wields the sharpest dagger.Mark Bowden
There is no such thing as an unrealistic battle in a place where you are not supposed to be fighting.Mark Bowden
Even in the worst places in the world, you find the best people.Mark Bowden
Power is something that one constructs from little things.Mark Bowden
In this lawless place, strength and violence were the only authority.Mark Bowden
Sometimes, even the bravest men can feel the sharp pang of fear.Mark Bowden
The bullets hummed like mad wasps, zinging through the open tailgate.Mark Bowden
The ground war was an improvisation, written on the fly.Mark Bowden