Still Hunting - For Truth

by Michael Knight

The truth is, I am not still hunting.

I'm 76 already, and my hunting days are long gone.

However, back then, I was a great fan of what we in New Zealand called "still hunting."

As a teenager, my forays into the mountains and valleys looking for meat for the table required endless hours of walking and stalking and burrowing under a log to spend the night before getting up and doing it all over again.

Success meant blessing and thanking the deer for its life, then hoisting over 100lbs on top of my pack, and hoping I wouldn't fall flat on my face on the way out.

Sometimes I did, but a one-time hunting mate (Greg Street) said "all you do is you put your mind and the deer on the back of your truck, and go there. The body follows."

It worked.

And it has worked for many other goals in life as well - but those are other stories.

Once I reached my 30s, I had learned well enough that dusk and dawn were the most productive times of the day.

I had also mapped just a few places where I could consistently get meat for the table, provided I was prepared to get there early enough, and sit still long enough, and downwind enough that the deer would not know I was there.

Sitting still.

And waiting.

And that's what's called "still hunting."

Those memories came to mind as I was researching today's newsletter and its content.

I noted in a previous issue that I did not intend to regale you with lots of reporting about what has happened in Afghanistan. I had no doubt you were getting bits and pieces from other sources.

Meanwhile, as I said, I was "sitting still" and waiting to get some idea of the bigger picture.

Still Hunting - for the truth.

Actually, "truth" is an elusive thing, which is why I say there's always more to the story.

But to come across the following in-depth interview with Lt. Col. Shaffer was indeed worth the wait.

As one of those rare but ethical reporters who have left the fake media behind, Kristi Leigh does what a reporter should do.

She goes with the flow, allows her guest to speak his piece, and between them, they cover much about what led up to the debacle that is the retreat from Afghanistan.

PS:- I'm taking the weekend off - so to speak - in order to catch up on some video productions I have in the works, and to attend a private livestream seminar. It'll also be interesting to see what might start to transpire between August 21 and 25, which Clif High's Internet data suggests might be a period of high drama.