Whenever someone tells me we have been in Afghanistan too long, I tend to tell them that it was having our troops in South Korea for decades that finally allowed that country to flourish as a thriving democracy with such global corporate giants as Samsung and Hyundai. Companies that would never have succeeded under the conditions imposed on those living in North Korea.<\/p>\n
Well this is a touching story that goes beyond the politics and corporations and war.<\/p>\n
The young man in the video below turned 11 in September of 2007. His name is Sungha Jung. He had been watching his father play guitar and picked one up a little over 2 years ago. I urge you to do two things.<\/p>\n
1) click the video below once and watch him play the video I have chosen.<\/p>\n
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2) once the video is over, click the link below the video to go find his page on YouTube and watch some of the other videos he has up. He is a remarkable young man and one whom I am positive would not be playing the western rock songs he seems to enjoy if we were not in South Korea for so long.<\/p>\n
You can say this is just one young man, but think of all the other talented people that have been allowed to flourish in a free South Korea and how many more would be allowed to flourish in a free Afghanistan.<\/p>\n