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AfghanistanAgoraEditorialOne Tribe At A Time

“One Tribe at a Time”

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 28, 2009

The thoughts and I ideas that I will put forward in this paper are mine alone. Although I credit the U.S. Army Special Forces for the training I have received and the trust of [its] commanders, nothing in this paper reflects any other person’s or organization’s ideas.

Maj. Gant and ODA 316 in Afghanistan 2004

Maj. Gant and ODA 316 in Afghanistan 2004

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AfghanistanAgoraEditorialOn Tribalism

Mea Culpa: Coming Attractions coming a little late

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 18, 2009

Site of the tribal gathering in Zazi, Paktia province

Site of the tribal gathering in Zazi, Paktia province

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’s the latest: (more…)

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Monday Mashup—9/14/09

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 14, 2009

 

This past Friday marked eight years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, Editorial, Mashup
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