26 de agosto de 2012
Haka funerario
Impresionante homenaje del 2/1st Battalion del New Zealand Infantry Regiment a tres camaradas caídos en Afganistán. Ayer, en Burnham, Isla Sur.
22 de noviembre de 2010
Palabras

Las poblaciones afganas son mucho más seguras para los niños que ciudades como Nueva York o Londres, según ha asegurado el principal enviado de la OTAN en Afganistán.
El Mundo (España)
Decir barbaridades para justificar su puesto no es una habilidad exclusiva de los funcionarios económicos argentinos.
19 de octubre de 2010
4 de octubre de 2010
Achtung! Weiblicher soldat
13 de julio de 2010
Tatooine
23 de junio de 2010
Cambio de jugador

Obama Relieves McChrystal of Command
WASHINGTON — President Obama removed Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as commander of American forces in Afghanistan on Wednesday, and tapped as his replacement the general’s boss, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the architect of the 2007 surge in Iraq.Mr. Obama, standing with General Petraeus and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the White House Rose Garden to underline the continuity and solidity of his Afghan policy, said that he had regretfully accepted General McChrystal’s resignation.
4 de mayo de 2010
2.47 kilómetros
2470 metros, 1.54 millas, 8.120 pies es aproximadamente la distancia lineal entre
- los jardines de Sabatini y la Estación de Atocha, en Madrid
- la torre del Big Ben y Knightsbridge, en Londres
- el Palacio Chaillot y la Madeleine, en París
- la Casa Blanca y la Biblioteca del Congreso, en Washington
- la casa Rosada y el edificio de Canal 7, en Buenos Aires
- la torre del monumento a la Bandera y la rotonda del Parque Independencia, en Rosario
20 de marzo de 2010
En Afganistán

Sigo con el tema del post anterior, para reafirmar que son muchos los países que se la juegan poniendo su gente en la línea del frente de la lucha contra el terrorismo islámico, inclusive muchos de ellos que nunca lo sufrieron en carne propia. La lista que sigue es la de los que actualmente mantienen contingentes militares en Afganistán:
Alemania
Australia
Bélgica
Canadá
Dinamarca
España
Estados Unidos
Estonia
Finlandia
Francia
India
Holanda
Italia
Lituania
Noruega
Polonia
Portugal
Reino Unido
República Checa
Rumania
Turquía
20 de octubre de 2009
Vengando a Cristo

El pasado miércoles 7, un artefacto explosivo plantado en una ruta afgana terminó con la vida del cabo español Cristo Ancor Cabello.
Los españoles no pudieron vengar a Cabello, ya que sus reglas de empeñamiento sólo les permiten el uso de la fuerza en acciones de defensa.
(Hat Tip, La Yihad en Eurabia)
6 de octubre de 2009
La culpa es de Bush

El ex presidente de EEUU George W. Bush es culpable del actual resurgimiento de los talibán en Afganistán por no haber desplegado un número suficiente de tropas en el país asiático y enviarlas en su lugar a la guerra de Irak. Es la opinión de Robert Gates, quien ya fue secretario de Defensa durante su mandato y ahora ocupa el mismo cargo con Barack Obama.
El Mundo (España)
Pero no... Clinton es bueno, simpático y demócrata.
19 de agosto de 2009
Guerra
El sistema de promoción militar americano elimina a los líderes combatientes, que son huesos duros de roer, en favor de burócratas y gestores que pueden controlar grandes programas de armas y dar agradables testimonios ante el Congreso. Buscando la victoria a través de la tecnología, América ha olvidado las nociones básicas de la guerra.
14 de agosto de 2009
Achmed, in the sandbox
23 de julio de 2009
Farewell rifleman Thatcher

Cyrus Thatcher, de 19 años, murió el 2 de junio pasado en Afganistán.
"Hello its me, this is gonna be hard for you to read but I write this knowing every time you thinks shits got to much for you to handle (so don't cry on it MUM!!) you can read this and hopefully it will help you all get through.
For a start SHIT I got hit!! Now Iv got that out the way I can say the things Iv hopefully made clear, or if I havent this should clear it all up for me. My hole life you'v all been there for me through thick and thin bit like a wedding through good and bad. Without you I believe I wouldn't have made it as far as I have. I died doing what I was born to do I was happy and felt great about myself although the army was sadly the ending of me it was also the making of me so please don't feel any hate toward it. One thing I no I never made clear to you all was I make jokes about my life starting in the Army. That's wrong VERY wrong my life began a LONG time before that (Obviously) but you get what I mean. All the times Iv tried to neglect the family get angry when you try teach me right from wrong wot I mean to say is I only realised that you were trying to help when I joined the army and without YOUR help I would have never had the BALLS, the GRIT and the damn right determination to crack on and do it. If I could have a wish in life it would to be able to say Iv gone and done things many would never try to do. And going to Afghan has fulfilled my dream ie my goal. Yes I am young wich as a parent must brake you heart but you must all somehow find the strength that I found to do something no matter how big the challenge. As Im writing this letter I can see you all crying and mornin my death but if I could have one wish in an "after life" it would be to stop your crying and continueing your dreams (as I did) because if I were watching only that would brake my heart. So dry your tears and put on a brave face for the rest of your friends and family who need you.
I want each and everyone of you to forfill a dream and at the end of it look at what you have done (completed) and feel the accomplishment and achievement I did only then will you understand how I felt when I passed away.
[To his brothers:] You are both amazing men and will continue to be throughout your lives you both deserve to be happy and fofill all of your dreams.
Dad – my idol, my friend, my best friend, my teacher, my coach, everything I ever succeeded in my life I owe to you and maybe a little bit of me! You are a great man and the perfect role model and the past two years of being in the army I noticed that and me and you have been on the best level we have ever been. I thank you for nothing because I no all you have given to me is not there to be thanked for its there because you did it cause you love me and that is my most proudest thing I could ever say.
Mum, where do I start with you!! For a start your perfect, your smell, your hugs, the way your life was dedicated to us boys and especially the way you cared each and every step us boys took. I love you, you were the reason I made it as far as I did you were the reason I was loved more than any child I no and that made me feel special.
Your all such great individuals and I hope somehow this letter will help you get through this shit time!! Just remember do NOT mourn my death as hard as this will seem, celebrate a great life that has had its ups and downs. I love you all more than you would ever no and in your own individual ways helped me get through it all. I wish you all the best with your dreams.
Remember chin up head down. With love Cyrus"
2 de julio de 2009
Change

Un giro extra sobre la ofensiva spearheaded por los marines, comentada por Carlos:
"Almost 4,000 Marines, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed into the Helmand River valley as part of an operation to take areas in southern Afghanistan that Taliban fighters are using as an opium smuggling and resupply route"
"The effort, known as Operation Khanjar, will see NATO and Afghan troops in areas where they had not previously established a permanent presence"
5 de diciembre de 2008
Sinterklaas en Uruzgan
En estos viajes, no llega con Rudolph, ni Prancer, ni Dancer, ni siquiera con el trineo, ni viene del Polo, sino que llega desde España montado en un caballo que en Holanda dicen que se llama Amerigo, y los belgas sostienen que en cambio, se llama Slecht weer vandaag. Aunque los chicos que reciben juguetes estos días son menos que los beneficiados el 24, Sinterklaas aprovecha la ayuda de un jóven moro Zwarte Piet, o el negro Pedro.
Hoy, con todos los elementos que marcan su condición de obispo católico -báculo y mitra- Nicolás llegó a visitar a los "chicos" que esperan la Navidad en Camp Holland, en la provincia afgana de Uruzgan. Dadas las circunstancias, en este caso cambió al caballo por un dromedario.
20 de agosto de 2008
Sarko est ici
3 de marzo de 2008
1 de enero de 2008
Que viva el Rey
Sorpresivamente se fue a Afganistán a saludar a las tropas españolas.
Pienso en nuestro ex, jugando al explorador de la mano de Huguito, a su esposa jugando a ser presidenta de consorcio, y envidio -un poquito- a los españoles.




