You have encapsulated the thoughts of our warriors today in far off Middle Eastern lands, trying to save their brothers as they do their duty. Bravo!
When I was in Pakistan, eagles were ever present, circling overhead looking for animals that were usually old and left to die of thirst in the desert, giving the eagles a ready source of food. And, everywhere there were crows. I seem to recall that some had white heads and black bodies. I googled and found only a couple of examples, but nothing like the all-white heads of those I saw and no crows at all that were all black in Karachi.
Mushroom Cloud, a fact-based historical novel, is the first book of The First Strike Trilogy: USA and the Soviet Union are building nuclear arms for a face off in a potential nuclear war in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
When I was in Pakistan, eagles were ever present, circling overhead looking for animals that were usually old and left to die of thirst in the desert, giving the eagles a ready source of food. And, everywhere there were crows. I seem to recall that some had white heads and black bodies. I googled and found only a couple of examples, but nothing like the all-white heads of those I saw and no crows at all that were all black in Karachi.
Ron