As a boy, I loved Ernie Pyle. As a man, I understand him but shall never emulate his journalism. Why I walked away from an icon, and why you should, too.

A sort of mini-Tet in Kabul. Well, at least that’s the way it plays out on TV and the internet. Some thoughts about post-Maoist insurgencies, the 1968 Saigon embassy assault and a recent dramatic raid in Afghanistan.

President Obama is going to give a speech about troop reductions in Afghanistan. But it’s largely meaningless. Five points to consider.

Generals, the time has come for you to honestly share with your troops the metrics culled from the war in Afghanistan. What is your strategy? How long will it take? Where are we now? What are the costs?

No, it’s not a spoof by The Onion. Small Wars Journal features an op-ed so giddily optimistic, you’d almost think the author wasn’t in Afghanistan.

Prine of Departure interviews one of the best war correspondents in the game. Kelly Kennedy talks about Lara Logan, the toll reporting on battle takes and why we should care about those who bring us news of conflicts and disasters.

What Rolling Stone’s hapless “Kill Team” got wrong before it got a few things right, and why soldiers should care.

Who is [Senior Administration Official]? And why is he (or she, or it) hidden with the cloaked cover reserved typically for caped crusaders? I can’t figure it out. Can you?

White House says the U.S. is NOT fighting a war-ish sorta war. But I guess it depends on what your definition of “is” is.

An oplan for Libya drawn up by Hillary Clinton and executed by French generals… Why, what could possibly go wrong?