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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[On Tribalism]]></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>The Full Document at last!</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/one-tribe-at-a-time-4-the-full-document-at-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[One Tribe At A Time]]></category>
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Download Major Jim Gant&#8217;s &#8220;One Tribe At A Time&#8221; to your computer, or view it right now.



[Because of the extraordinary response to Maj. Jim Gant's paper, One Tribe At A Time, I've decided to leave it up all week in the "Number One Slot."  My ongoing interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai will pick again<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/one-tribe-at-a-time-4-the-full-document-at-last/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Gen. James Jones, National Security Advisor</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/an-open-letter-to-gen-james-jones-national-security-advisor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Interview with an Afghan Tribal Chief]]></category>
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[This week has been a rough one for our troops in Afghanistan--and a contentions one among policymakers here in the States.  I'm going to interrupt our ongoing interview with tribal chief Ajmal Khan Zazai to post this open letter.  The same note was sent by e-mail two days ago to the parties below.]

TO: Gen. James<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/an-open-letter-to-gen-james-jones-national-security-advisor/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal Engagement Teams</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/one-tribe-at-a-time-2-tribal-engagement-teams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Tribe At A Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maj. Jim Gant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
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Last week in our first excerpt from Special Forces Major Jim Gant&#8217;s paper, &#8220;One Tribe At A Time,&#8221; Maj. Gant laid out the concept for a specialized type of American unit&#8211;a Tribal Engagement Team. Such teams would be small, highly trained and motivated, and granted broad latitude in the means of pursuing their mission. They<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/one-tribe-at-a-time-2-tribal-engagement-teams/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;One Tribe at a Time&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/one-tribe-at-a-time-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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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&#8217;s or organization&#8217;s ideas.

This is the opening author&#8217;s note from Maj. Jim Gant&#8217;s<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/one-tribe-at-a-time-1/">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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		<category><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tribal mindset]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-the-taliban-and-the-death-of-baitullah-mahsud/#comments</comments>
		<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>
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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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