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Parting Thoughts

Nov-11-2009 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

Hal Berton of the Seattle Times shares his thoughts as he leaves Kabul to return to the US.

Sometimes I have been discouraged by what I have seen here, and, on some occasions, I've been overwhelmed. [...]

I have plenty of doubts about what will happen in the months and years ahead to this country. Will it stay a single country or eventually splinter apart? How long should troops from the United States and other NATO nations be the glue that binds this nation? [...]

As I return home, the Fort Lewis-based soldiers I stayed with in the Arghandab Valley in the southern province of Kandahar continue to shoulder a disproportionate share of the losses. [...]

Still, there are some signs of progress.


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