Canadian Troops - Thanks And Be Safe !
Blog MyyyyyAsssss sends out a warm welcome and 'thank you' to our troops overseas. You are away from your families at Christmas, but very close in their thoughts.
The following is a quote from one Canadian
'over there'.
"On Aug. 19 at Mas'um Ghar it was about nine hours fighting out at 360 degrees and there was a body count of 72 the next morning and they always carry their dead away so I would imagine there were 120-130 dead Taliban," he said.
"I had an RPG hit my turret, I was in a little jeep with a glass window on it but it was too close for it to arm so it just bounced over my head. I fired about 3,000 rounds out of a machine-gun in about 15 minutes," recalled the 28-year-old former heavy equipment mechanic.
The decision to kill under the rules of engagement is something each soldier has to decide before they come here he said, as he checked supplies and ammunition on his LAV high above the forward operating base at Mas'um Ghar, which is Afghan for "Beautiful Mountain."
"The Taliban are doing things I don't agree with. My country says it's all right for me to do it, my God says it's all right for me to do it. They're doing things he doesn't agree with too, so it makes it easy to do it," he concluded.
But being here has been a life altering experience and the long-term consequences worry him.
"You wonder if you're going to be normal. I know I've caught myself wondering if I will ever be the same again and how I will adjust," he added.
