There is no monopoly in common sense

The Taliban have released a 28-minute video showing a US soldier captured in Afghanistan last month.*

In the video, the soldier, in grey clothes and with shaved head, says being a prisoner is "unnerving" and that he misses his family.

He says the US public has the power to bring US troops home to be "back where we belong and not over here, wasting our time and our lives".

The US military in Kabul said the man in the video was the missing soldier.
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US military spokesman in Kabul, Capt Jon Stock, condemned the use of the video.

He told Reuters: "The use of the soldier for propaganda purposes we view as against international law.

"We are continuing to do whatever possible to recover the soldier safe and unharmed."

Leaflets have been distributed and a reward offered for his safe return.

The US military said the soldier disappeared after walking off base with three Afghan colleagues.

He is believed to be the first soldier seized in either Iraq or Afghanistan for at least two years.


*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8157795.stm
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There is no monopoly in common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the "russians" love their children too


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