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Coalition forces alongside 2nd Afghan Commandos question a family for information during a cordon and search of a compound as part of Operation Raven, Aug. 31st, 2009. Operation Raven is a joint operation involving Task Force Khowst and 2nd Afghan commandos, to search for an IED cell operating in the area east of Khowst City, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED )
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These photos are delighful. The circumstances dreadful. You do an important service in reminding us of the children and women in Afghan. Thanks, Son. I am proud of your service and admire your quest for quality in your work.
ReplyDeleteThe photos are captivating. Wish I knew the stories of these people.
ReplyDeleteMakes me wonder aout the childhood memories they willtake to adulthood?
ReplyDeleteSoldier Freire, I dedicate this quote to you:
ReplyDelete“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause;
"who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
Teddy Roosevelt
As i look at the pictures of these children I see just that~ children. No different from any other child anywhere in the world. It makes me realize no matter where we are natively born, what language we speak, the color of our skin, our spiritual beliefs...we are all born equal. Weare all born human. We are only divided by invisible, territorial lines that have been conditioned by society. When my God created the earth, he did not create jagged lines on the surface, saying this land is your land...this land is theirs, her's a plot for you and you shall all consider yourself seperate and different. As I look at these children I can still see the innocence of not knowing these boundaries, cofused by the reasons they are living in fear, one young man even looks angry in one of the pictures as if he knows he was born into a setting that is unrighteous and idiotic. These children unfortunately will go from being born innocent to being conditioned to know hate, fear, racism, war, revenge...the proverbial pandora's box at a very young age. Their childhood will be inhibited by the actions of the adults in their surroundings. That makes me ver, very sad. For they are God's children.
ReplyDeleteTeddy Rooselvelt of John F. Kennedy? I've seen the quote under each of their names and am not sure who wrote it. I guess each could have? Important thing is the message.
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