A young Vermont Lieutenant's exposition on a far-from-routine patrol in Afghanistan. Powerful writing. Gut-wrenching reading.
Book of Odds - My Everyday Life: Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Dis 'n' Dat
Heard from my neighbor, yesterday. They're having a helluva winter in Maine. SO glad I am not there...
It's Mardi Gras time here. Of course, now my arthritis in my hip and leg chose this past week to go into high gear. Big time pain that NSAIDs don't touch. So much for watching the various Krewes do their thing either in New Orleans or Baton Rouge and vicinity. Standing for more than a half hour is excruciating now.
The dogs are loving it here in Louisiana. They have a fenced yard to play in, four other dogs to play with, and they even get to have a kid or two to chase in fun, now and again.
Another soldier dies in Baghdad. The new kid on the block doesn't seem able to convince the military-industrial establishment to loosen the reins of the war wagon, does he?
Speaking of his presidency, Obama is not going to be the "Great Black Hope" supporters made him out to be, pre-election. This economic depression won't allow that particular legacy to survive. It is going to be very bad for a long time. I suspect I won't live to see a recovery...
A shout out to NZforme who has recently bought herself a house! When's the move date -- my chiropractor has me scheduled for back therapy that day... (actually I am envious - sun, warmth and a built-in cocktail shaker - what else could you want in a home?)
SO, in closing, as they say down here:
Monday, January 01, 2007
A Sad State of Affairs
16,273 deaths reported in Iraq in 2006
"The tabulation by the Iraqi ministries of Health, Defense and Interior, showed that 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police and 627 soldiers were killed in the violence that raged in the country last year." -- LAUREN FRAYER, ©Associated Press
A far cry from searching for WMD's and eliminating the Hussein regime, now isn't it, President Bush?
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