This past Friday marked eight years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Looking back over the last eight years, Robert Frost’s “Road Not Taken” comes to mind:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where [...]
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Thank you for your Weekend Mashup suggestions.
A few of the blogs I’ve been introduced to this week include Global Guerrillas, Ink Spots, Sosh-P and Building Peace. When I saw T.X. Hammes mentioned in Building Peace’s July 13 post, I was sold. All four are great blogs. Suggest you visit if they are new to you. [...]
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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, Captain Michael Harrison, Lara Jakes, Maj. Jim Gant, Major Niel Smith, Not A Good Day To Die, Petraeus, Sean Naylor, Sisyphus
Monday Mashup—9/14/09