Re: army training for riding

["Corky" <corky@rabbitbrush.com>]

I am so glad to hear this the USA has NEVER lost a war that mules were used
in.
Corky Young
----- Original Message -----
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@mindspring.com>
To: "Rides 2 Far" <rides2far@juno.com>
Cc: <pickeringdovie@775.net>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: RC: army training for riding


> The CIA bought mules to send to Afghanistan to support moving supplies
> through the rough mountains back when the Russians were there.
>
> Truman
>
> Rides 2 Far wrote:
>
> > This got me thinking.  Back when the Russians invaded Afghanistan a
> > friend of mine was approached at an auction in Tennessee about selling
> > her mule.  Seems he'd been hired by the U.S. government to buy mules to
> > send to the resistance to use in that conflict.  This week I talked to
> > another endurance rider on-line whose husband has just been called up to
> > go to Ubeckistan...and I just got to thinking.  What if our government
> > put out a call for horses that could be used?  Can you imagine?
> >
> > I
>
>
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