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By Carl Prine on Friday, July 15th, 2011 
A man of peace, Daniel Serwer, charts how we might end the war in Afghanistan. But what if no one wants to give peace a chance? A discussion of dubious allies and insatiable enemies in the Hindu Kush.
Tags: Afghanistan, Daniel Serwer, Haqqani Network, Pakistan, Peace, Taliban, The Atlantic
Posted in On History, On War | 4 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Thursday, June 30th, 2011 
Guest columnist Ali K.Chishti, star Pakistani journalist, takes over Line of Departure to give us his sitrep on the many Taliban, U.S. strategic options in AfPak and what we should be doing, but aren’t.
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Ali K.Chisht, CIA, Pakistan, PNS Mehran, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Taliban, TTP
Posted in On Media, On War | 6 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 
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.
Tags: Afghanistan, insanity, Media, No it's pretty insane, Pentagon, Small Wars Journal, Taliban, Terrorism
Posted in On Media, Readings and Reviews | 4 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Sunday, June 12th, 2011 
I love Michael Y, but he’s championing the wrong story for the wrong reasons. Some points to consider about “progress” and the war in Afghanistan.
Tags: Afghanistan, Michael Yon is wrong, New York Times, Taliban
Posted in On History, On Media | 14 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Sunday, April 17th, 2011 
Dr Greg never had to beg. You bought his rap because you wanted to believe. The HAM con, explained.
Tags: Afghanistan, con game, David Petraeus, greg mortenson, Mike Mullen, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea
Posted in On Media | 16 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 
A decent man, a good man, talks about what went wrong in Iraq, what could go right in Afghanistan and how the Pentagon should change some things.
Tags: Afghanistan, CIA, Facebook, Iraq, Joseph Collins, Karzai, Rumsfeld, Taliban, Tom Selleck, WMD
Posted in On War, Quotables | 20 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 
Who is Ali K. Chisti? And why does he love our freedoms? And why doesn’t he get enough sleep?
Tags: al Qaeda, Ali K. Chisti, Balochistan, cricket, Godzilla, India, Karachi, Pakistan, Quetta Shura, Taliban, Terrorism
Posted in On Media, Quotables | 28 Comments »
By Jamie McIntyre on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 
Paying off the enemy to switch sides worked in Iraq, why not Afghanistan?
Tags: Afghanistan, Laurie Ure, Payments, Taliban
Posted in On War | 4 Comments »