by humbleauthor | Aug 12, 2011 | Monitor
I was listening to a podcast of the Pritzker Military Library with Sebastian Junger yesterday. Junger was talking about his book War and the film Restrepo which he made with the late Tim Hetherington. He made a claim about casualties in Afghanistan which boggled my...
by humbleauthor | Aug 6, 2011 | Monitor
News reports and the Pentagon have nearly two dozen US special operators and an unspecified number of Afghans killed in Afghanistan today when the Taliban shot down their helicopter. Reportedly the helicopter was carrying a “quick reaction force” (QRF),...
by humbleauthor | Jul 28, 2011 | Monitor
Check out my blog posting over at the International Spy Museum’s site where I discuss what the killing of Osama Bin Laden tells us about the role of the CIA in warfighting. Pax.