They are the acknowledged masters, after all.
United States Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) believes the program’s development is a sign of positive engagement from Hamid Karzai’s government.
“The role of USFOR-A and the larger International Security Assistance Force is to partner with our allies from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and develop the security situation through mentoring, arming, and training”, said Lieutenant Junior Grade Keith Goodsell of USFOR-A public affairs. ”But this program disproves claims that partnership with the Afghan National Army is just a one way street, and shows that we have just as much to learn from them as they do from us.”
Heh heh heh. News all around is grim. Gotta laugh at something.
LtColP, thanks for telling us about theduffelblog.com, it’s a hoot. I have been forwarding information about it to my veteran friends. The only sad part is reading the comments and realizing how many people don’t understand the concept of satire. That great American, Frank Zappa, was right: Folks, it’s getting dumber out there.
Bill:
No problem. It’s priceless, isn’t it? And very often much closer to the truth than is comfortable.
As a former JAG who wasted hours of hours of his sorry life life counselling troops not to give girlfriends general POA’s– to little avail, I especially liked the story of the troop whose girlfriend used his POA to reenlist him and then kept the bonus.
I learned about the site from you and I will be forever grateful for that.
whc