I can’t say that any one influence alone inspired any section because I wrote the things that seemed to be shared by all. It is also hard for me to make strong statements about Massoud because his legend is passed mostly through stories told by soldiers in the Northern Alliance. But as his legend pertains to the section on God, I will try to interpret a little bit. In the beginning, he fought against a force that sought to destroy his God. When his God won, he had to fight against forces that sought to exploit his God. Massoud is special among modern guerilla leaders because he understood and fought for his God against enemies on both sides of his faith. This is why I consider him a warrior, while others may be merely zealots. Massoud is one of the clearest examples of faith in God creating victory in war against a much larger enemy. This is not because God intervened to create victory for him, although that will be the way it is told to children, it is because others also wanted to fight for the highest God they understood, and the enemies’ only faith was in fear, money, or something they didn’t really understand. Massoud knew that most would not fight when seriously threatened, and he only had to find a way to prove it to his allies.