Thumbs Up in Afghanistan
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22 February 2011
Arrived back in Kandahar today and immediately set off into the wilds. Am not with troops at this time, but later will see about embedding.
While driving in Kandahar City today, we passed by some American troops doing “route clearance.” They were looking for bombs. Their work is extremely dangerous but they keep rolling. Often they find bombs only after they get hit. The “bird cage” around the vehicle is to counter RPGs. Insofar as I can tell, the US government has done cheetah flips to make sure our troops have the right gear for this risky job.
While we drove past the American unit, a friend gave them a thumbs up and nearly got in the way of my shot!
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Comments
Ironically, you are in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East
Semper Fidelis
Please stay safe!
You have a support group here that is praying for you!
Leyla
Don't sweat the thumbs up in the shot. It didn't ruin it, I think it adds a lot to it!
Stay safe and keep up the great reporting. We need more Hemingways like you out there.
Thank you for what you are doing. I feel that you are one of the few reporters who will give us straight information - particularly since you are going out where the story is located - unlike many coorespondents who write from their hotel rooms.
Take care,
Eric Frazier
Chapel Hill, NC
glad you're back in the sandbox. Your incisive insight, analysis and ability to tell the real story make your blog a must read for me. If you could get over to 1/2 SCR AO and send a few reports back I'd appreciate it. I have a vested interest in that unit. It also would be good place to embed. The Cav guys never get any publicity-its all 10th Mountain, the 101st (not that they dont deserve it. Finances are tight for me right now but I will try to contribute a little to you fund.
Mike, safety first! May all the BLESSES and best be with you.
Hope to see you in BKK soon.
One of the original SF guys there said they looked so native the locals didn't know they were American till they pulled a US weapon out of their robes...I'd be happier if more of us were the invisible ones...Riding around blind (can't tell a Taliban from a local) like armored ducks in a shooting gallery makes them look powerful and us like aliens. We need to figure out how to make them do the guessing about who/where we are... Can't we use web cams to watch them as carefully as they watch us? It's in the heads of men where wars are won, as Boyd would say...I can't help but feel we are using very big clubs when an ice pick would work better...
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