Thursday, July 23rd
Kabul, Afghanistan
Meeting with the coordinator of the provisional reconstruction teams for USAID today was a bit disheartening. The rift between the U.S. Military and USAID is so thick you can cut it with a knife. As metaphors prevail, it turns out there is a quiet little Afghan organization trying to get the message out to villages about how not to be afraid of U.S. and Afghan military. The little brochure they produced is simply called "COMMANDOS." It is a low-literacy brochure that describes how to work with military to root out the Taliban.
I wish there were a little brochure designed for USAID and The U.S. Military to figure out how to get along.
