D & D Part 2.

So, one of the stipulations of my blog is that I can't talk about things that aren't currently in the press. So, I danced around this a bit in my previous posting. Below I'll post a news article about one of our locally engaged staff being assassinated last night. I had actually wanted to write about this man at some point because he embodied one of th few things I admire in human beings and that is dedication.

As mentioned in this article, you'd see this guy around camp at all hours of night doing his rounds well past the time that most people who have quit for the day. A friend of mine commented on facebook that he was the hardest working man on the PRT and I don't think that's an exaggeration at all. The most impressive thing about it is that I knew for a fact that he wasn't paid for any of the work he did after 3pm or on weekends, but he did it anyway because it needed to be done.

He had nothing to do with the fight and still someone found the need to take him out because he was affiliated with the coalition forces. I'd like to believe that the human soul couldn't sink the depths required to deliberately target an innocent man to send a message, but apparently that's not the case.

Kandahar = Alexandria

So, in other news I found out an interesting factoid about Kandahar the other day: Kandahar was actually founded by Alexander. Apparently the etymology of the word Kandahar is from the local word for "Alexander". Neat huh?

You know what's even neater? Seeing the foundations of his castle:

As you can see I've taken being a civilian to heart, ill fitting and sloppily put together gear.

Go me.

Death and Dying

I apologize a little bit. I've turned this blog more into a forum for me to express the random things that are running through my head as opposed to an update on what is going on with me in Afghanistan. I'll try and post more about what's going on in Afghanistan but I need to write about one more thing before I get back to that. It's on the subject of death and dying and in particular how it pertains to the issue of war. So let me be upfront with something: