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Top American General In Afghanistan Survives Insider Attack That Wiped Out Senior Afghan Officials
An apparent insider attack has essentially wiped out the top leadership of Afghanistan's Kandahar province.
Here's What Happens When Your Local Porta Potty Cleaner Just Up And Leaves
Here’s the fourth entry in our Combat Pooping contest, and it’s a strong one. If you have something you think is as good, please e-mail it to Tom Ricks.
‘Hooligans Of Kandahar’ Is The War Memoir We Need Right Now
I am not a fan of war memoirs, especially for wars I’ve been involved in. Reading about someone’s experiences in Afghanistan in 2011 when I was fighting that same war in 2004 leaves me more depressed about the state of American foreign policy than inspired. It seems every Navy SEAL or general officer who ever sniffed a burn pit churns out a book or two after their deployments, filled with fluffy language about the greatest men they ever served with; then there are the books politicians write about the lessons they learned passing around bits of paper in the Tactical Operations Center for a year.
Ex-Soldier Who Killed 16 Civilians In Kandahar Massacre May Seek Clemency From Trump
Robert Bales, the former Army staff sergeant who killed 16 Afghan civilians, including seven children, will likely ask the president to commute his life sentence once he exhausts his legal appeals for one of the nation’s most notorious war crimes.
Frank Castle has finally returned to Netflix as The Punisher — and he brought an arsenal with him.
Get Ready To See Marvel's Baddest Vet Before He Was The Punisher
Long before Frank Castle swapped his cammies, plate carrier and Kevlar for a set of black body armor emblazoned with a leering white skull and set out to punish the world’s criminals as The Punisher, he was a U.S. Marine. And it looks like Marvel and Netflix plan on giving us a glimpse at Castle’s wartime service.
