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WHEN YOU THINK OF OUR GUYS IN AFGHANISTAN, PLEASE THINK OF LIMA…..

She’s a young woman visiting the United States, who runs a fashion business under less-than-favorable circumstances….

She is a designer and has 500 women embroidering her designs in their homes. She brought with her a selection of her fashions, which she promoted every chance she could. When her clothes sold out during one of the dinners, she made sure she returned to her room to re-stock and sell some more.

She was also fairly direct with the ambassador. “There is not enough security,” she declared. “What is the government doing? Why is the government not doing more? We are not safe,” she told him. “The government is not doing enough,” she repeated.

Lima lives in Kandahar, where the Taliban, once again, appears to be gaining support. She moves around the city by herself, giving material to the women she employs and picking up their finished work. “Aren’t you afraid?” I asked. She is just 23. “I am brave,” she said. Then she shrugged her delicate shoulders, as if to say that she would give herself no other choice. “I must be brave,” she said.

Please imagine what will happen if we “cut and run” from this particular skirmish in the Global War on Terror…..what will you say to women like Lima?

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