In the Armed Forces Journal no less…
How military leaders have let us down
By LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and … [Keep reading >>]
The headline news, following President Obama’s speech last night, is that he is “speeding” the draw down of US troops from Afghanistan. Speeding it against what markers isn’t exactly clear, … [Keep reading >>]
How strange the human mind. Two groups of people, united in their absolute belief in symbols, incite hatred for the other. Here you have a collection of stories and instructions … [Keep reading >>]
In a world of ugly some things are uglier than others. This is one of them. And no Wikileaks release of the audio or video to help us understand how … [Keep reading >>]
The tension gripping the last inning of the SF Giants vs the Philly Phillies temporarily overcame the tension of reading the NY Times reporting based on the recent Wikileaks dump … [Keep reading >>]
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Tuesday, October … [Keep reading >>]
KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
An Evening with FATIMA BHUTTO
presenting “Songs of Blood and Sword, a Daughter’s Memoir”
Tuesday, October … [Keep reading >>]
In yet one more revelation of an event perfectly predictable in modern war yet which is never spoken about or calculated by the solve-a-problem bring-a-gun crowd, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan … [Keep reading >>]
This cannot be good. As if the promise of unimaginable wealth will make everyone put down their guns and work happily ever after.
And then there”s the question of when this … [Keep reading >>]
The news from Afghanistan gets worse by the day. The once-darling of the West, President Hamid Karzai, is playing a double game of such craftiness no one can … [Keep reading >>]
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<p style=”text-align: center;”>The <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/magazine/20100321-soliders-bedrooms-slideshow.html?scp=2&sq=shrine%20down%20the%20hall&st=cse”>NY Times Sunday Magazine</a> has a moving piece</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>about the empty rooms where young soldiers will come no … [Keep reading >>]
Holly Picket is a photojournalist with time spent in Afghanistan and with Iraqi refugees in Cairo. Don’t miss her portfolio
She also has a blog, with more photos, typically with … [Keep reading >>]
