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| Postcard from Afghanistan |
| 2005-01-14 |
| Via Michelle Malkin... News which the MSM loves to ignore from Afghanistan.... Yeah.. yeah... its from a blog but is a good read.... You dont think the MSM would report this would you? "I have been in the Army over 27 years and have been here 15 months. My tour was a year and I extended it because I knew my first week here one year wouldn't be enough for all the work that needed to be done. Though many people here would rather be home, I have never met a troop of any service or any coalition partner who doesn't feel they are contributing something positive to the cause. I love the attitude of the troops over here. "[We have] the pack of regular kids... that hang out at the front gate everyday. They sell their trinkets, junk, cigarettes, DVDs (bootleg), etc, to our guards and the Pakistani truck drivers bivouacking outside awaiting entrance onto the base... Last November I gave base ID cards to seven boys. The group is up to 18 boys ranging from six to about 14, and two girls, both about 12 maybe, one city slick and the other not too shy herself. It's a program to teach kids all the boy and girl scout virtues, allow them on the base to hang out and learn from Americans, pick up trash at the Friday bazaar in return for a share of the money we collect from the vendors to clean up afterwards, and recover something of a fun childhood the last few generations never knew... "The luckiest boys in Afghanistan took tae kwon do with the Koreans and got their own uniforms, they have the biggest wardrobes of any 10 kids in Afghanistan. We pay for them to go to winter school (they take winters off since they can't heat the classrooms. We pay for three teachers and bought space heaters for three classrooms), they get to go to the dining facility every Friday before cleanup, and went on Thanksgiving and Christmas. [These kids also] act as translators for the guards, MP, and truck drivers as their English is coming alone fantastically... Read more at the link.... |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #2 Indeed, indeed, very, very cool story. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-01-14 2:16:56 PM |
| #1 Very, very cool. Thx, CF - that erased the negatives of the day instantly. Green and those who share his attitude and actions make me feel humble and jealous! They rock. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-14 2:13:55 PM |