Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted - thank you for your good wishes. As everywhere there are many different people in this country. The people who murdered the reporter and those wonderful young Canadian men, are not the everyday Afghans. I am not here to argue political points, I am here to help rebuild Afghanistan, so is Wendy Thurman. In my conversations with Afghan business people here, they know the country must move forward to have any chance of healing the rifts in this very tribal society. These people are based very much in the 21st Century, but others cannot or will not change willingly. I was talking with a very well read gentleman last evening, at a social gathering, he says it will take many more years and education, education, education to make change. I have an opportunity to do something about that, we are bidding on a hospital, and school, along with a major hydro project. At 66, I want to put something back, hopefully my experience will help these people, and, you know Ted, that in another time and decade, you would have been here, in the thick of it, doing what you do best, photographing what you see, and telling the story to the world. All the best to you, your lovely wife, and the rest of the LUG family for a better 2010 Sincerely, Hugh On 1-Jan-10, at 7:15 AM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > My 2010 Happy New Year message is you safely survive that hell hole > of a country! > > In any event Hugh I wish you every hoped for prayer and safety for > 2010. Bottom line? I'd get my ass out of that place as fast as I > could and screw them! > > HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SAFETY ALL THE WAY! My wife and I will say > prayers for your safety!