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zenpundit says:
This is excellent blogging Steve – something more interesting than journalism. I am perturbed...
historyguy99 says:
Steve, Your pen painted an image that even the best video could not pick up. Reading the...
Khalil Nouri says:
As promised here is the article: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2 010/03/13/khalil-nouri-afgh...
andrew lubin says:
These Afghan boys can surely fight, and it’s good to see how you picked this up. And oh my...
andrew lubin says:
Good stuff Steve; glad you made it over! S/F
Tag Archives: Washington Post
Monday Mashup—9/14/09
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 [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Editorial, Mashup | Also tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Artemy Kalinovsky, Charles Krulack, Chris Mason, Counterinsurgency Field Manual, DODDBuzz, Foreign Policy, Fouad Ajami, George Will, Greg Grant, Iraq, Kabul, Michael Brandon McClellan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Paul Yingling, Peter Bergen, President Barack Obama, Road Not Taken, Robert Frost, September 11, Small Wars Journal, Soviet, Stratfor, Thomas Johnson, Wall Street Journal | 4 Comments
Weekend Mashup July 17-19
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. [...]
Posted in Mashup | Also tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Andrew Krepinevich, Building Peace, David Wood, Eliot Cohen, Foreign Affairs, Global Guerrillas, Helmand, In the Graveyard of Empires, Ink Spots, Insurgencies, Insurgent, Larry Nicholson, Marine Corps, Marines, National Geographic, Newsweek, Pentagon, Pritzker Military Library, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Small Wars Journal, Sons of Iraq, Sosh-P, SWJ, T.X. Hammes, Taliban, Thomas P.M. Barnett | 3 Comments
Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains