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Lessons From Ramadi: A Guest Post from Captain Thomas Daly
By Steven Pressfield | Published: August 10, 2009
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Tribes in Afghanistan: A Guest Post from Michael Yon
By Steven Pressfield | Published: August 7, 2009
The following is a guest post from Michael Yon, which we’re really privileged to get and which I’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 December 2004. No other reporter has spent as much time with combat troops in these two wars. It is also important to note that Michael is an independent combat journalist—unaffiliated with any other news organization—and among the best of this generation of reporters.
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Afghanistan
The Bizarro World of COIN in a Tribal Setting
By Steven Pressfield | Published: August 3, 2009
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’s the same in their field. Who would have thought, for example, that killing bad guys would be a no-no? Or that a good old-fashioned grease-the-palm payoff would prove as effective as “winning hearts and minds?” (more…)
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