American soldiers and Afghan locals sing along

Filmed in early 2005...Celebrating the muslim new year in Afghanistan, This was NOT A MUSLIM HOLIDAY!(I think it was actually Nourooz, come to think of it...I love celebrating Nourooz, these days!That is NOT a muslim holiday! It is Zoroastrian!) American soldiers were invited to attend. One of us performed a decent rendition of Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and the rest of us can't sing anyway.

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[TheAfghan72]

You fuckers are still there? osama is dead leave!

[QuartuvLarry]

@TheAfghan72 I concur. Time to leave

[DebiLuWho]

Thanks for posting this. It leaves you with a feeling of hope, and a smile.

[AWanderingDream]

this is awesome! :D who ever is playing the guitar has an amazing voice! love it.

[QuartuvLarry]

@HOTDesigirl That's the $million question right there

[HOTDesigirl]

@QuartuvLarry if osamas dead why r americans still there

[QuartuvLarry]

@HOTDesigirl No. Neither I nor the men on my team have raped or tortured anyone. And to my knowledge, nobody shooting at us was under 18 years of age (even though it wouldn't matter because ANYONE shooting at you is an enemy combatant and must be met with equal force, child or not)

I used to be all hawkish and gung-ho about the mission. We should've been finished by now. It's time to bring our troops home.

[HOTDesigirl]

@HOTDesigirl oh kool and no i was just giving an example which happened to be set it Iraq. But this method can be applied to any country because it will bring a sense of belonging, which I can see is present in the video too. And thanks for your work unless you killed a child or tortured people or rape someone.

[QuartuvLarry]

@HOTDesigirl The guy with the camera.

Why are you still talking about Iraq? This is in Afghanistan

[HOTDesigirl]

@QuartuvLarry okie :) so r u the dude singing or filming? but its not like just because you are a soldier you have an excuse to be ignorant. I have seen a female soldier speak Arabic and know little details about Iraqi culture. Knowing these small aspects of culture will bring you closer to them which will probably be beneficial to your duties there. We seriously need more female soldiers because there nicer on average and are not cocky on average and commit less rape crimes than men do.

[QuartuvLarry]

@HOTDesigirl I've never called a Pashtun Christian a hajji anyway, because they are so rare in Afghanistan (must be from all the muslim persecution)

[QuartuvLarry]

@HOTDesigirl Racism? When was this about RACE? Why does nobody ever get that it's been a losing argument for YEARS to declare racism in regards to islam?

Besides, if you're already a follower of the hajji religion, why ask the question in the first place?