THE GOOD AMERICANS THAT I MET IN AFGHANISTAN,Greg Polk,Oliver Dziggel,Antonio Loda,Begjan Moldachmetov,David Osinski,Bearing Point,Louis Burger Group

GREG POLK SECOND FROM RIGHT,OLIVER DZIGGEL FIRST FROM RIGHT,BEGJAN MOLDACHMETOV THIRD FROM LEFT



IN AFGHANISTAN I MADE SOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS.



GREG POLK FROM BEARING POINT WAS A GREAT MAN , A VERY FINE HUMAN BEING AND A THOROUGH PROFESSIONAL.WE WALKED EVERY DAY STARTING BEFORE DAWN AND WENT UP THE TAPA I BI BI MAHRU A HILL OVERLOOKING WAZIR AKBAR KHAN,KABULS MOST EXCLSUIVE AND POSH DISTRICT WAZIR AKBAR KHAN.I LIVED OPPOSITE PAKISTANI AMBASSADORS RESIDENCE AND NEIGHBOUR OF BSCC C & C AN INDIAN PUNJABI SIKH COMPANY.THE HOUSE IS NOW A CHINESE RESTAURANT.THEN IT WAS RDA AND ICA.MY FRIEND ZAID HAIDARYS AFGHAN AMERICAN NGO.OFFICE WAS DOWNSTAIRS AND RESIDENCE UPSTAIRS.WALKING PARTNERS WERE BEGJAN A RUSSIAN KAZAKH GENTLEMAN,GREG POLK AND MARTIN REUSCH A GERMAN AUSTRALIAN WHO WAS MARRIED TO AN IRANIAN LADY.

EVENING COMPANIONS WERE GREG POLK,BEGJAN AND OLIVER DZIGGEL A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST WORKING WITH BEARING POINT.OLIVER WAS A VERY GENEROUS MAN.ONE DAY I WAS HAVING LUNCH AT THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT VILLA VELEBITTA,A CRISP KABUL NOVEMBER AFTERNOON,REINFORCED WITH A LOT OF GRANTS.OLIVER CAME AND SAT ON ANOTHER TABLE WITH ANTONI LODA AN ITALIAN.THEY LEFT BEFORE ME .WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE AND ASKED FOR THE BILL,THE WAITER TOLD ME THAT OLIVER HAD PAID THE BILL.NOT A BIG GESTURE MONETARILY MAY BE BUT SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR THE LOVE AND AFFECTION THAT A MAN HAS.

GREG POLK WAS SLOW ON HIS J & B OR GRANTS BUT A VERY INTERESTING MAN.BEGJAN WAS GOOD ON VODKA WHILE HE DESPISED ALL WHISKEYS.A HARD DRINKER IN THE GREAT RUSSIAN TRADITION.A GOOD COMMUNIST STILL AND A FINE MAN.A MASTER IN DARI LANGUAGE LIKE MARTIN REUSCH WHO WORKED FOR ICRC.

ANOTHER GREAT FRIEND WAS DAVID OSINSKI A NAVAL OFFICER WHO WAS INITIALLY A MANAGER CONTRACTS AND LATER A CONTRACTING SPECIALIST IN THE CAMP EGGERS (KABUL COMPOUND).DAVID WAS A VERY SINCERE FRIEND AND A GEM OF A MAN.

DOUG SCHERER.A THOROUGH PROFESSIONAL.PROUD OF HIS GERMANIC ANCESTRY.A COMMITTED MAN WHO WANTED TO TURN THE TIDE BUT OUTFLANKED BY ALL THOSE WHO HE CALLED WET PUSSIES IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT.IN OUR LAST MEETING WE SAW THE MOVIE " GETTYSBURG" !