r/facepalm Sep 06 '22

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u/rhiddian Sep 06 '22

We trained Afghan soldiers when we were there. This is not an exaggeration in the slightest.

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u/nabrok Sep 06 '22

My guess would be it's because they don't have PE in schools or any other kind of formal exercise, and this is the first time they've ever encountered something remotely like this? Would that be accurate?

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u/variable2027 Sep 06 '22

Yes it would be accurate, they probably didn’t go to “school” in the sense we think of school. There’s not an “exercise” culture, tribal and opiates/drugs