A Bloody Stalemate in Afghanistan

A Bloody Stalemate in Afghanistan

nyt, 2-24-08

exerpt from the article: 

One full-moon night I was sitting outside a sandbag-reinforced hut with Kearney when a young sergeant stepped out hauling the garbage. He looked around at the illuminated mountains, the dust, the rocks, the garbage bin. The monkeys were screeching. “I hate this country!” he shouted. Then he smiled and walked back into the hut. “He’s on medication,” Kearney said quietly to me.

 

Then another soldier walked by and shouted, “Hey, I’m with you, sir!” and Kearney said to me, “Prozac. Serious P.T.S.D. from last tour.” Another one popped out of the HQ cursing and muttering. “Medicated,” Kearney said. “Last tour, if you didn’t give him information, he’d burn down your house. He killed so many people. He’s checked out.”

 

As I went to get some hot chocolate in the dining tent...(See the Article)

 

Here's a late addition, a video from the type of fire base described above: Combat Outpost: from the Afghan frontline, guardian, 2-16-09

 

Afghan War links

Submitted by alexwierbinski on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 12:05.

Howdy

Submitted by alexwierbinski on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 19:01.

Nice of you to stop by. Did you find the content here interesting?

Thanks for the "Hello,"

Alex