A Movie
We are planning to see a movie whose plot is…
…disoriented after a 1993 failed attempt on Pakistan’s K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, [an author] took a wrong turn into the village of Korphe, was nursed back to health by the villagers and, in gratitude, vowed to build them a school.
Still more treacly, the author did indeed build schools for girls, who were particularly deprived of educational opportunities.
But we are not done with the unlikely tale. The author then, with a journalist, wrote a book about his experience. The book became a hit among the wives of commanders in Iraq who passed it back and forth and finally to their husbands.
But, treacly or not, it is true. Yada, yada, yada, it is now — establishing good relations with the people of Afghanistan — a focus of our efforts in that county.
…will take tremendous comfort in knowing people like you are helping Afghans build a future
wrote General McChrystal in the last moments of his command — having been recently fired by president Obama — to the author, Greg Mortenson.
Soon to be a major motion picture.
