JD Johannes is back in Afghanistan and will soon be letting us see some of what is going on there. He will be taking a different approach this time and I had a chance to discuss this with him the last time he was in DC. I think it will be very interesting for all of us. My adventures in the wars, like the wars themselves, do not fit the nice neat narrative the brain prefers. There was no final battle in Iraq and there will not be one in Afghanistan. Iraq is slowly fading and Afghanistan--the good war, the war of necessity--has lasted longer than the attention span of the viewing public. The wars drag on, I keep going to them. On this trip I'm going to try something different. Normally I fill this space with the usual point of view reports news/analysis reports, photos and travel notes. I will still do that, but I will also throw in more memoir(ish) material, thoughts, observations and reflections on five years of living in two incompatible worlds. JD has always been a bit of a philosopher and in talking with him I have always enjoyed his view of journeying through experiences. Now that he will be sharing more of that in his reports, I think you will all enjoy the thoughtful analysis paired with the personal.
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Jun 18 2010, 02:48 AM
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