This war is just beginning. Great war is in the air. The feeling is as conspicuous and distinct as the smell of rain, or that morning every year when the first chill of winter tickles the senses. The corn will soon be harvested. The fields will become brown and fallow. The snows will come and blow across barren lands, and next Spring the war will be worse than ever before.
Chilling stuff from a man who's as familiar as anyone can be with GWoT's current exercises.
RTWT. (Read The Whole Thing) Really, I can't say it enough: anyone who is interested in what is the latest progress in Afghanistan needs to have this man's site bookmarked and, if possible, make a donation to his endeavors.
- Suicide terrorist attacks U.N. convoy, killing Afghan doctors on their way to provide polio vaccinations. For those who don't know (as I didn't several months ago), polio is a serious health issue in much of eastern Afghanistan.
- A veteran of the heroic turbine-to-Kajaki mission, Lance Corporal Nicky Mason, was killed in action defending the dam against Taliban fighters. A martial-arts enthusiast, he also served two duties in Iraq. My thoughts and greatest gratitude towards him and his family.
- American helicopter fired upon in the Afghan-Paki border region, possibly by Pakistani troops. Hard to tell, but my guess is that it's difficult to identify whether a man in South Waziristan is a Taliban-supporter, a Pakistani officer, or just a tribal leader, or any combination of the three.
- Spanish diplomat Francesc Vendrell warns of the possibility of a "very hot winter for all of [NATO]", and claims that Afghanistan is in its worst position since fall 2001.
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