Do we we have to wait until we reach 100 of young men killed in Afghanistan, which the public are becoming insensed by, as they felt the war was never legitimate.
John Simpson and Menzies Campbell on Newsweek last night were quite disparaging about the way things were going, but they felt that still the public were behind them, but is this only the milatary families? As in Babaji again an area of Helmand province, I have heard that the Afghans find it a very disquieting area. This area is as large as Northern Ireland, and to look for suicide bombers would be a time consuming job, I saw in the Metro on the 11th that 2 TA's were still waiting for their body armour Rifleman Andrew Fentiman and Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas both died in a bomb blast, his commanding Officer said that Fentman was one of the most irrepressable and positive junior commanders that he had met.
Amidst this milatary furore the Afghans have not lost their sense of humour and glued to ther sets to see "Zang- e- Khatar" "The Alarm Bell" a show about the Political tribulations going on in Afghanistan!! "The Daily Show" is trying to show Hamid Karzi being inaugerated today (19th) in front of foreign dignitories. The incessant bickering is too much for Karzi, it would appear that he is trying to strangle the US ambassador!
"Alarm Bell" is shown every Weds and Ahmad Fawad, a shop keeper, says it's our custom to watch it every week,
and he says "Our Goverment is weak and Alarm Bell tells the people what is going on!"
A young female MP said Politicians ignore the programme but they should pay more attention!!
No comments:
Post a Comment