This is my life. My husband was an interpreter with NATO. He's Afghan. And the past and present interpreters are in extreme danger. Most of the interpreters were paid by the oil companies. Haliburton Oil being the biggest funder of the US Defense Force. Interesting that isn't it?
My husband is not in my country yet (hopefully it happen soon) and is not even in a safe country. I run a FB page for the interpreters. I know about the ongoing war from 2 perspectives. I know quite a bit. Unfortunately the Taliban is gaining power again. This is due to one thing and one thing only. The corruption of the Afghan government and foreign powers who have a vested interest in keeping Afghanistan, and it's strategic geographical position, well and truly in turmoil. A divided country is a weak country and easy to exploit. And these poor naive soldier boys from half way around the world, are sent into such extreme danger to keep the rich, rich and the oil flowing continually into the west with the money from this going into the deep pockets of corporate corruption, instead of to the sovereign people of Afghanistan (and Iraq and Syria and Yemen) who own it. I will leave a link to my page. It's relatively new, as the Afghan page was run by someone who literally had to run... for his life. There was an important message left by the BBC in his absence and an opportunity was missed to get more attention for the guys, and the gals who deserve help. I am relatively safe. I am very safe in Australia at the moment, so I can run the page pretty much risk free. We have someone who is qualified to identify suspicious characters who interact with the page and they are reported to the relevant authorities.
I know what happens to the hearts and minds of the boys sent there by NATO. The horror is something almost all westerners have no way of fathoming. And therefore when they return home, there is inadequate help for them. I won't go into it too far. Just their stories can create some trauma in the listener.
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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your very generous welcome when I joined too. Thank you.