This is Helm's Deep

So I finally started a blog. Forgive me. It's the best way to pass the time here in Afsuckistan.

I tried updating my first post but all the text was in Pashto. Below, you will find an example of what Google looks like in the Arabic world! I bring you the most exciting, exotic information!

For those few (or many) as ignorant as I was when entering this country, this is the primary language spoken in Afghanistan. Although they also speak Dari. Knowledge is power!

Anyways, I wasn't able to decipher their elvish, Lord of the Rings-esque language so I had to go back to the office to post my blog. In many ways Afghanistan is much like the world of Lord of the Rings....

The Orcs (Taliban) come out at night from the underworld to feast on the flesh of the living (Americans). But they cannot enter our fortified tower at Helm's Deep! The world of man has built a strong, fortified base but beyond the walls of my kingdom Orcs and Wild Men of Dunland (terrorists), incited by Saruman (Osama), are freely roaming the land, burning villages, massacring the people and destroying crops (Poppy fields).

So apparently, you can turn any shitty fantasy/adventure story into an allegory. Thanks, J. R. R. Tolkien (not really).

-Danny