A comment left at the excellent weblog “A Small Victory” puts this picture in perspective. A woman whose husband is in Afghanistan wrote:
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In talking to my husband very early this morning (about 2am)…people were already lined up to vote during a sandstorm that had lasted all night. This in a province that was the last stronghold of the Taliban and AlQeada and the last area to have a constant US presence I find nothing less than amazing.
…Considering that the Taliban has been threatening to kill anyone who voted, and has killed people for holding voter registration cards, I am damned proud of the citizens in that country, as well as our soldiers, and the members of the ANA.
I’m extremely disappointed that our media isn’t paying more attention, though I’m not surprised.
It’s not perfect, but it’s a huge start.
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The full entry is found at: http://asmallvictory.net/archives/007547.html
If in late 2001 anyone had told me that there would be nation-wide elections in Afghanistan before the next US Presidential election, I would have thought that they were nuts. This election is an amazing achievement worth celebrating.
Saturday was the day the war in Afghanistan was won! What an amazing victory for the people there. The applause in my house is deafening.
Thanks George! Thanks Afghanistan!
A comment left at the excellent weblog “A Small Victory” puts this picture in perspective. A woman whose husband is in Afghanistan wrote:
{begin quote}
In talking to my husband very early this morning (about 2am)…people were already lined up to vote during a sandstorm that had lasted all night. This in a province that was the last stronghold of the Taliban and AlQeada and the last area to have a constant US presence I find nothing less than amazing.
…Considering that the Taliban has been threatening to kill anyone who voted, and has killed people for holding voter registration cards, I am damned proud of the citizens in that country, as well as our soldiers, and the members of the ANA.
I’m extremely disappointed that our media isn’t paying more attention, though I’m not surprised.
It’s not perfect, but it’s a huge start.
{end quote}
The full entry is found at:
http://asmallvictory.net/archives/007547.html
If in late 2001 anyone had told me that there would be nation-wide elections in Afghanistan before the next US Presidential election, I would have thought that they were nuts. This election is an amazing achievement worth celebrating.
Saturday was the day the war in Afghanistan was won! What an amazing victory for the people there. The applause in my house is deafening.
Thanks George! Thanks Afghanistan!