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2006-05-24 Afghanistan

Hewitt Interviews Yon, Fresh from Afghanistan

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Posted by KBK 2006-05-24 13:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

HH: Have you been in touch with the men with whom you served up in Mosul, Michael Yon, since you got back?

MY: Oh, I talked with about a half dozen of them today. So yeah.

HH: And everyone recovering well? Those of who were wounded?

MY: Yeah, Col. Kurilla, who was shot three times in front of me, and I actually saw the X-ray, his femur was snapped in half by one bullet. He made a total recovery in 8 months, and now he's taking over 2nd Ranger Battalion up in Fort Lewis. It's an amazing recovery. One of my spies told me that his physical therapist, that it was the most amazing recoveries he's ever seen.

We keep praying and saying, "God bless our troops.".

Which He did, for Col. Kurilla.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-05-24 15:06|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-05-24 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Legalize and regulate the drug trade. Problem solved.

Banning drugs obviously hasn't worked, but *nothing* kills an industry as quickly and efficiently as government regulation.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-05-24 17:09|| 2006-05-24 17:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank GOD for leaders like COL Kurilla

(Musta pinned on his bird - last I heard he was LTC. Him and COL McMaster 3ACR are the future of the Army).

Posted by Oldspook 2006-05-24 19:59|| 2006-05-24 19:59|| Front Page Top

#4 It may be cheaper to find whatever price the Afghanis are getting for the poppy crop, and just buy it out and burn it on the spot, then pay them the same amount to not plant anything next year.

Sounds crazy?

Our sugar and agriculture industry in the US has been doing that for years with federal crop subsidies.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-05-24 20:00|| 2006-05-24 20:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Sound crazy

Nope. The war on drugs sounds crazy. That's why they won't do it. Too many jobs, bureaucracies and bribes depend on the WOD now. It will never be won.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-24 20:02|| 2006-05-24 20:02|| Front Page Top

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