Pen and Sword

• Such a Waste of Fine Infantry

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  So this platoon comes back to an Afghan village it hasn’t visited in three months. One of the village elders tells the platoon commander, Lieutenant Thomas Goodman, "We ask you not to come here. It is better for us, and better for you." As the platoon leaves the village, [...]

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:32am EST
  by Jeff Huber

• Iraq Quack

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  As Colonel Tim Reese noted in July, “The ineffectiveness and corruption of [Iraqi government] Ministries is the stuff of legend.” Of Iraq’s security forces, Reese reported that “Corruption among officers is widespread, Cronyism and nepotism are rampant in the assignment and promotion system,” and “Laziness is endemic.”

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:54am EST
  by Jeff Huber