Beautiful, huge full moon tonight. It dominates the sky.
Been mulling over the plan to 'pay' the Taliban to give up their arms. They're deeply religious fundamentalists who fervently believe all the evils of the world stem from the deeds of the 'kafir' (non-believers), and that the only way to save mankind is to adopt shariah law and convert to Islam. The dollar being one of the clearest symbols of western decadence and debauchery, why on earth would anyone presume they would accept taking a few of them in order to abandon their passionately held cause? These people think nothing of dying or killing in the name of their belief. Maybe our ignorance of their commitment could be explained by the fact that an ideology or faith held so devoutly is, to us, an anathema. Never underestimate your enemy.
And then when you factor in how righteously NATO has been lecturing the Afghan government on the importance of stamping down on corruption and eradicating it in every form, what kind of example is being set by trying to 'buy' someone away from their cause? And on a purely practical level has anyone considered a full take up of the offer followed by an immediate return to former activities, but this time with thousands of dollars sloshing around to buy even more equipment. They must have gone mad.
Tony Blair bullish about the Iraq war and he has no regrets. Wonder what the Inquiry will decide.
Work interesting. Challenging days make the gentle days worthwhile. Supposed to be minus four tonight.
Heard from H and he's captaining the RN in a rugby match against the French Navy tomorrow. Oh dear, should be interesting. R home and in good form, uni good and off with the girls clubbing tonight. No news from C and just hope he's safe and sound and survives all the harebrained schemes the powers that be choose to throw at him. The boy from our neighbouring village whose in C's platoon arrived back today for his r and r leave, and I'm sure his family must be delighted.
Keep up the good work please Lord.
Speak soon. A soldier's Mum x
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