I got these pics from Afstan today and thought I would throw them up there to give yet another sense of what some of the country is like that is being fought over, and how the villages are like small fortresses scattered across the country side - and it's hard to see in them to assess threats.
One thing that struck me is that... how would we feel if that kind of stuff were happening here? I can relate to the guys on the side of the road by the truck, trying to stay very very small.
090330-A-6160S-001/002 Shindand, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 207th Corps accompanied by Coalition Forces advance on the enemy Monday after receiving small-arms and rocket propelled-grenade fire during a routine combat reconnaissance patrol in Herat Province. CJSOTF-A Photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult
090330-A-6160S-003.jpg Shindand , Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 207th Corps return fire after being attacked by militants using small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. The commandos and their Coalition Forces counterparts were conducting a routine combat reconnaissance patrol in the Herat Province when they came under attack. CJSOTF-A photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult
090330-A-6160S-004.jpg Shindand , Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 207th Corps help a wounded comrade to safety during a firefight in Herat Province Monday. The commandos and their Coalition Forces counterparts were conducting a routine combat reconnaissance patrol when they were attacked with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire. The wounded commando was treated and will return to duty shortly. CJSOTF-A photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult
One thing that struck me is that... how would we feel if that kind of stuff were happening here? I can relate to the guys on the side of the road by the truck, trying to stay very very small.
090330-A-6160S-001/002 Shindand, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 207th Corps accompanied by Coalition Forces advance on the enemy Monday after receiving small-arms and rocket propelled-grenade fire during a routine combat reconnaissance patrol in Herat Province. CJSOTF-A Photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult
090330-A-6160S-003.jpg Shindand , Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 207th Corps return fire after being attacked by militants using small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. The commandos and their Coalition Forces counterparts were conducting a routine combat reconnaissance patrol in the Herat Province when they came under attack. CJSOTF-A photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult
090330-A-6160S-004.jpg Shindand , Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 207th Corps help a wounded comrade to safety during a firefight in Herat Province Monday. The commandos and their Coalition Forces counterparts were conducting a routine combat reconnaissance patrol when they were attacked with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire. The wounded commando was treated and will return to duty shortly. CJSOTF-A photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult
In a perfect world, we could avoid all wars, period. Unfortunately, we don't live in that perfect world.
The best option open to us is to maintain the capability and will to fight these wars on their soil and in their streets .... not ours.
One thing that struck me is that... how would we feel if that kind of stuff were happening here?
Isn't that, more or less, the American Revolutionary War?