Showing posts with label Pashtun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pashtun. Show all posts

Monday, November 10, 2014

Retired general: 'Why we lost' in Iraq, Afghanistan

This is nothing new if you've been reading me for the past, oh, eight years, but since often the messenger matters more than the message, here you go, from a retired Army Lt. General.


November 9, 2014 | NPR

Saturday, January 1, 2011

War Nerd: The Pashtun's glorious Thug Life

Gary is back! -- with more unique insight:

"[The Pashtun have] got nothing coming from the whole Thomas Friedman world, and they'd be fools to think they do. They've got a better business plan: the Stay-Thug Plan. There's a lot of money in being dangerous these days."


The War Nerd: Market Lessons from the Pashtun
By Gary Brecher
December 30, 2010 The eXiled

URL: http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-market-lessons-from-the-pashtun/