Passchendaele - The Movie

[Gordon Yeo]

Ed

I never commented on the movie Passhendaele when I first saw it, can't say I was great fan of it then. I will now say I agree with a great deal of your comments about the movie. Well said.

Gordon

[rob love]

Mr Gross came out to Kandahar when I was there to give free views of his Passchendaele movie but I must have been busy that week, and did not partake. It was my understanding he was also researching for this next movie. There should certainly be no reason not to have the technical end of it correct, as there were plenty of advisers around who had experienced the real thing. Personally, I had a sheltered 20 months there in total as a civilian in KAF, and hardship to me was when the bank machine wouldn't put out.

[Ed Storey]

You cannot imagine the stench at this site. The smell was so bad you could almost taste it.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

You cannot imagine the stench at this site. The smell was so bad you could almost taste it.

The smell was so thick you could eat it with a fork.....but use a spoon: you'll want every last drop.

I have a T shirt in my pile which is from the stinky pond cafe.

[Stuart Fedak]

If Honey attracts Bees, what does a Kandahar Poo Pond attract?

It is obviously a saleable tourist commodity, as it attracts tourists, it's own café (The Smelly Pond) and a brand of t-$hits .... errr t-shirts.. Perhaps this will be the long lasting legacy of the Canadians in Afghanistan.

Cheers!
Stuart

[Ed Storey]

The Poo Pond may have been an odorous somewhat humorous tourist attraction; but never forget that the Afghanistan Legacy is the 158 fatal Canadian casualties and those Canadians who suffered and still suffer from injuries attained while serving their country.

The lasting legacy should never become some stinky sewage-pond on a NATO airfield.

[rob love]

The legacy was supposed to be the relief of Taliban rule, the education and equal rights of women, and bringing peace and stabilization to the area. The cost to Canada was 158 Cdn fatalities and uknown numbers of casualties.