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Tag Archives: Captain Michael Harrison
Weekend Mashup—August 21 to 23
This past week, the New York Times ran the op-ed “The Land of 10,000 Wars” by Ganesh Sitaraman. Hard to resist the urge to post the entire op-ed here. Check it out if you haven’t read it already.
The challenge for General McChrystal is creating a comprehensive and integrated strategy for Afghanistan out of the hundreds, [...]
Posted in Mashup Also tagged Afghanistan, Center for a New American Security, Ganesh Sitaraman, General McChrystal, Geopolitical diary, Jim Gant, John Nagl, National Defense University, Neptunus Lex, New York Times, Ramadi, Seth G. Jones, Stratfor, T.X. Hammes, Taliban, Tom Daly, tribal mindet, Tribalism, troops, Vietnam, Wall Street Journal, Washington Unplugged 1 Comment
A Tale of Two Captains, Part Two
A week ago I ran a post about two young Army captains—Jim Gant and Michael Harrison—who served in the same valley in Konar province, Afghanistan. Their service was six years apart, yet the two were linked by their bonds with a tribal chief named Noorafzhal and by a gift of honor—a shotgun that Capt. Gant [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, On Tribalism Also tagged Afghanistan, Maj. Jim Gant, tribal mindet, Tribalism, tribes 17 Comments
Sisyphus, Sean Naylor and C-SPAN
First, many thanks to all correspondents and contributors for the tremendous and very thoughtful response to the previous post, “A Tale of Two Captains.” More to come in a couple of days about Capt. Harrison’s work, including an update dispatch from him in Konar.
But first, here’s a strikingly apt flashback to 2006—when Army Times journalist [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Editorial, On Tribalism, Related Article, Related Video Also tagged Afghanistan, Associated Press, C-SPAN, Lara Jakes, Maj. Jim Gant, Major Niel Smith, Not A Good Day To Die, Petraeus, Sean Naylor, Sisyphus, Small Wars Journal 4 Comments
Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains