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WTF AND EXPLODING DONKEYS

March 6, 2016 by Terry Moseley

Starring Tina Fey, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” makes its debut on the big screen, an adaption of Kim Barker’s book “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan“ which documents her surreal experiences in Kabul as the South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune from 2004-2009.

Having been in Afghanistan during the second round of elections in June 2014, I expected to either love or hate the movie. Overall, Tina Fey worked hard to make her character and the story line relatable, yet I was hoping to see a slightly more gritty narrative about the Afghans, the troops, the media, and the daily surreal fight for anything remotely deemed normal

Yeah, I know it’s not supposed to be a documentary ala Restrepo and I wasn’t in AFG for long but the day I arrived in the Balkh province, a donkey loaded with explosives was detonated just outside a NATO base resulting in me being covered with organic debris in the form of a tail part and mangled hoof – welcome to Afghanistan.

In my next post: Uzbeki warlords and the World Cup.

Photo attribution: Paramount Pictures and Terry Moseley

** No donkeys were harmed in the making of this post.

Donkeys in Blackpool, England

Filed Under: March 2016 Tagged With: Afghanistan, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

December 17, 2015 by Terry Moseley Leave a Comment

Tina Fey as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan during the early 2000s in “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” a/k/a WTF.

Cannot wait.

Filed Under: December 2015 Tagged With: Afghanistan, Tina Fey, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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