It wasn’t just American military that got chewed up in Afghanistan. Canadian Armed Forces were there with the 50 countries and partners that were part of the NATO-led, UN mandated ISAF. A dear friend came back with his body intact but his mind blown to pieces. He’s doing better now but please remember the US didn’t do this alone. When yo…
It wasn’t just American military that got chewed up in Afghanistan. Canadian Armed Forces were there with the 50 countries and partners that were part of the NATO-led, UN mandated ISAF. A dear friend came back with his body intact but his mind blown to pieces. He’s doing better now but please remember the US didn’t do this alone. When you commit to fight, it isn’t just Americans and Afghans who ended up in the line of fire.
NLTownie, thanks for your comment! I debated making a similar comment in my earlier post, but felt I had already gone on too long. Besides, I have posted on the too-oft forgotten international coalition elsewhere many times before.
Will Selber’s piece is a near 100% match of the experiences of a close friend (NATO ISAF, non-US) and his efforts to get colleagues out. I wish he would write his story, but he has indicated he won’t. This is why I encourage people to send Selber’s around further, and have it appear in future books as an appendix.
In the meantime, I will endeavor to remind US citizens not to forget the sacrifice of their allies, albeit not as large as those endured by US forces. Amazingly, I have had to respond to posts elsewhere, in which I was criticized for saying that Germany had troops in Afghanistan, and then when I offered evidence, e.g., Bundeswehr websites, maps of the German AO (area of operations), I was then attacked with claims that Germans fought no battles and suffered no casualties, etc. Of course, it became clear to me that this line of argumentation was in tune with a certain person’s foolish desire to pull the US out of NATO. (Image poor Ukraine if this had happened!)
So, NLTownie, my long winded way of thanking you, and supporting your point!
It wasn’t just American military that got chewed up in Afghanistan. Canadian Armed Forces were there with the 50 countries and partners that were part of the NATO-led, UN mandated ISAF. A dear friend came back with his body intact but his mind blown to pieces. He’s doing better now but please remember the US didn’t do this alone. When you commit to fight, it isn’t just Americans and Afghans who ended up in the line of fire.
NLTownie, thanks for your comment! I debated making a similar comment in my earlier post, but felt I had already gone on too long. Besides, I have posted on the too-oft forgotten international coalition elsewhere many times before.
Will Selber’s piece is a near 100% match of the experiences of a close friend (NATO ISAF, non-US) and his efforts to get colleagues out. I wish he would write his story, but he has indicated he won’t. This is why I encourage people to send Selber’s around further, and have it appear in future books as an appendix.
In the meantime, I will endeavor to remind US citizens not to forget the sacrifice of their allies, albeit not as large as those endured by US forces. Amazingly, I have had to respond to posts elsewhere, in which I was criticized for saying that Germany had troops in Afghanistan, and then when I offered evidence, e.g., Bundeswehr websites, maps of the German AO (area of operations), I was then attacked with claims that Germans fought no battles and suffered no casualties, etc. Of course, it became clear to me that this line of argumentation was in tune with a certain person’s foolish desire to pull the US out of NATO. (Image poor Ukraine if this had happened!)
So, NLTownie, my long winded way of thanking you, and supporting your point!