- OF COURSE, HE WAS WRONG BECAUSE AFGHANIS DO NOT SPEAK ARABIC; THEY SPEAK PASHTUN, AND OTHER LANGUAGES.
HERE'S A TRUE STORY ABOUT THESE HEROIC INTERPRETERS - MOST OF THEM NATIVE AFGHANIS:
Lucky was 17 and working as a doctor's assistant at a Kabul hospital in 2001 when Afghanistan spiralled into war and he answered the call to head to the front lines.RTWT.
But like hundreds of other educated, young Afghan men, both nationals and expatriates, he didn't join the country's struggling army. Instead, he put his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold and proudly signed up to be a military interpreter for the coalition forces.
“It is dangerous, but if we don't help our people, who will help them?” he said.
Like other Afghan military interpreters, who are nicknamed “terps” by soldiers, he can't use his real name or be photographed for fear insurgents will target him or his family. He goes by Lucky because Westerners have trouble pronouncing his given name.
After working for the U.S. Army, then the British, Lucky, who is tall, slender and always neatly dressed, was recruited by the Canadian military. He is currently commanding a small interpreter pool at Canada's forward operating base in Masum Ghar, about 40 kilometres southwest of Kandahar.
Like interpreters stationed with Canadians at other outposts, these unarmed men follow soldiers wherever they go, often right into harm's way.
This week, an Afghan interpreter was injured along with three Canadian soldiers when they were hit by a homemade bomb during an operation in the Zhari district.
- REMEMBER: OBAMA IS MERELY A CORRUPT - (AS IN REZKO AND THE COOK COUNTY MACHINE), HYPOCRITICAL - (HE SAYS HE'S POST-RACIAL BUT BELONGED TO A RACIST CHURCH FOR 20 YEARS), PHONY RACIST MORON WHO TALKS PRETTY.
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