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		<title>Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/gifts-of-honor-a-tale-of-two-captains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Captain Michael Harrison]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Friends, with apologies, a stomach virus has laid the blog low.  Here's a re-run of a post that has been a reader favorite. We'll be back on Wednesday!]
June 22nd, the Washington Post ran an excellent article by Greg Jaffe, titled “A Personal Touch in Taliban Fight.” The piece is about a young Army captain, Michael<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/gifts-of-honor-a-tale-of-two-captains/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mea Culpa: Coming Attractions coming a little late</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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They say that every enterprise, from D-Day to a kitchen remodel, takes three times as long as you think and costs three times as much. I must apologize: our two new series have run afoul of this same syndrome. Here&#8217;s the latest:
We will launch, for sure, next Friday, with a reconfigured site.
Series #1: A multi-part,<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/mea-culpa-coming-attractions-coming-a-little-late/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing When to Stop, or Learning How to Win?</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/knowing-when-to-stop-or-learning-how-to-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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A guest blog by Michael Brandon McClellan
[Mike McClellan is a graduate of Yale and Georgetown Law and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. His articles on politics and foreign policy have appeared in the WSJ, the Weekly Standard and on TCS Daily.  It's our pleasure to welcome him as a contributor.]

A few months ago I<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/knowing-when-to-stop-or-learning-how-to-win/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Previews of Coming Attractions</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/previews-of-coming-attractions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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Three items will be coming up this week (and in the following weeks) in this space that I think will be extremely interesting and provocative. I can say that with confidence because none of them will be coming from me.
First, in the next day or two, we&#8217;ll post a response from Michael McClellan to George<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/previews-of-coming-attractions/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Hamid Karzai</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/in-defense-of-hamid-karzai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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Discussion of the problems created by tribalism in Afghanistan often provokes from our own compatriots such outraged responses as, “Hey, who are we Americans to talk? We have our share of tribes too!” There’s no arguing with that. Here at home we’ve got the Bible-thumping cracker tribe, the latte-sipping liberal tribe and dozens more, all<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/in-defense-of-hamid-karzai/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribes, the Taliban and the Death of Baitullah Mahsud</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-the-taliban-and-the-death-of-baitullah-mahsud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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I was very interested last week to see what would happen, in terms of leadership succession among the Pakistani Taliban, after the reputed death of Baitullah Mahsud. According to scores of press reports as well as Pakistani and Taliban spokesmen, the immediate aftermath was a shootout involving two rival successors, Hakimullah Mahsud and Wali ur-Rehman,<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-the-taliban-and-the-death-of-baitullah-mahsud/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons From Ramadi: A Guest Post from Captain Thomas Daly</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/lessons-from-ramadi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;d like to thank Captain Thomas Daly for writing this guest post. He lived the experiences that so many of us have read about. 

 
Captain Daly joined the Marine Corps in 2004. During his 
military career, he has held a multitude of billets ranging from Forward Observer to Intelligence Cell Leader. His unique perception of<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/lessons-from-ramadi/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribes in Afghanistan: A Guest Post from Michael Yon</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-in-afghanistan-a-guest-post-from-michael-yon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Yon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Surge]]></category>
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The following is a guest post from Michael Yon, which we&#8217;re really privileged to get and which I&#8217;m delighted to share. As I type this, Michael is reporting from Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Check out Michael Yon Online Magazine to read his reports. Michael is a former Green Beret, who has reported from Iraq and Afghanistan since<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-in-afghanistan-a-guest-post-from-michael-yon/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bizarro World of COIN in a Tribal Setting</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/the-bizarro-world-of-coin-in-a-tribal-setting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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Remember the Bizarro World, from Seinfeld and Superman comics? Everything is its opposite in the Bizarro World. Up is down, black is white, in is out.
Students of Counterinsurgency (COIN) and Tribal Engagement tell us it&#8217;s the same in their field. Who would have thought, for example, that killing bad guys would be a no-no? Or<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/the-bizarro-world-of-coin-in-a-tribal-setting/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Tribes Measure Their Own Strength</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/07/how-tribes-measure-their-own-strength/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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In the videos (and posts) on this site, we&#8217;ve talked about the characteristics of tribes and the tribal mindset. Among these are respect for elders, hostility to outsiders, the obligation of revenge, a code of honor rather than a system of laws, hospitality, capacity to endure hardship and the suppression of women. These qualities appear to be<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/07/how-tribes-measure-their-own-strength/">More >></a>]]></description>
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