Today's New York Times features a story calling Greg Mortenson an "unlikely tutor" to the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Greg spoke of this growing relationship with the military when he addressed The Richmond Forum in January. According to the story, Greg was one of the last people that General Stanley McChrystal reached out to as he flew from Kabul to Washington DC to be fired by President Obama. McChrystal's email message read, "Will move through this and if I'm not involved in the years ahead, will take tremendous comfort in knowing people like you are helping Afghans build a future."The Times story ends with a powerful statement of reality.
"Mr. Mortenson acknowledges that his solution in Afghanistan, girls' education, will take a generation or more. 'But Al Qaeda and the Taliban are looking at it long range over generations," he said. 'And we're looking at it in terms of annual fiscal cycles and presidential elections.'"
Greg will be departing shortly to spend the rest of the summer in Afghanistan and we wish him a safe trip.
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