{"id":1816,"date":"2012-03-30T09:57:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T04:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2012-03-30T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T04:32:33","slug":"an-american-soldiers-letter-from-afghanistan-she-was-in-kandahar-when-robert-bales-killed-19-innocent-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/an-american-soldiers-letter-from-afghanistan-she-was-in-kandahar-when-robert-bales-killed-19-innocent-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"A female American Soldier&#8217;s letter from Afghanistan who was in Kandahar when Robert Bales killed 19 innocent civilians."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written in response to my blog on the killings by Sgt Robert Bales and whether Afghan lives are less important than Western ones. She was in Kandahar at that time and took care of the those wounded by Sgt Robert \u00a0Bales. \u00a0Please read as there is pain, patriotism, understanding compassion \u00a0and questioning in this letter , and written from the heart in the middle of the battlefield, which is why I \u00a0am putting it up as a blog :<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The writers ( thats me) point was made very clear- and received.<\/p>\n<p>As a female solider- I have another question for you-<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I did take care of the wounded that survived that awful day near Kandahar (my note: when Robert Bales went on a killing spree) &#8211; but also just this week I took care of a multiple wounded from an Afghan boy about 12 years old that walked into a military collation formation with a suicide vest on and detonated himself\u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What was is name? Does anyone know? \u00a0No I do not- but where is the media of <em>that<\/em> coverage of carnage over here, near Kandahar? Or in the States. I see many Afghan wounded ANA, ANP that we take care of- and no mention of our medical service- we did not shoot them- they were shot by their Afghan brothers. Again where is that in the media?<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>How did that boy mentioned above get that suicide vest? \u00a0If it wasn&#8217;t from an adult Afghan male to serve a purpose? Death is never justified. \u00a0Definitely not to use the innocent as an explosive device.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Media will always be one sided\u2026 but understand- there are plenty of Americans being killed- from trusting their \u201cafghan counterparts\u201d and the children that we try to teach and give supplies to- where is that story? I spent a year up North embedded with the Afghans as well prior to this deployment- I have had to put my trust in them as I worked with them- solider to solider- but even their lives were threatened for wanting us to help them.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>No life is better than the other- just different. Many Americans have been beheaded and placed on display on Al Jazeera TV as justified killings- no one side is perfect or with out blame in this war.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written in response to my blog on the killings by Sgt Robert Bales and whether Afghan lives are less important than Western ones. 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