Ramrod — If you’re born to be hanged, then you’ll never be drowned.
There are going to be hundreds of novels and memories written about Afghanistan in the coming years. Most will comeContinue Reading
Tag: Tim Lynch
Afghanistan Weekly: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Last Monday the U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad announced a draft deal with the Taliban to end the fightingContinue Reading
The Taj: A Story About Sustainable Aid
In early 2013, World Affairs published an article on USAID efforts in Afghanistan. Money Pit: The Monstrous Failure of USContinue Reading
Post Traumatic Winning hits the 2nd Marine Division; the response is beyond overwhelming
Major General David J. Furness, USMC, took command of the 2nd Marine Division (2nd MarDiv), headquartered in Camp Lejeune, NorthContinue Reading
Fighting in the Shadows
On New Year’s Eve, the New York Times, after months of investigation, published a long, detailed article on the activitiesContinue Reading
Are We a People Divided? On the border with President Trump
President Trump visited my new home town, McAllen, Texas yesterday, providing me an opportunity to see for myself the fracturesContinue Reading
Afghanistan Weekly: The Ghosts of Gandamak
I was at my desk writing on Christmas Eve when news of the Syrian pullout and retirement of Secretary MattisContinue Reading
Afghanistan Weekly: Russian Roulette in Kabul
The flurry of bad news coming out of Afghanistan last month included a Taliban attack on the Private Military CorporationContinue Reading
Tactical Solutions for Tactical Problems
Two stories surfaced last week that seem unrelated, yet both illustrate serious structural problems in our current military approach inContinue Reading
Afghanistan Weekly: The pathways to peace in Afghanistan continue to close
It is impossible to enact public policy, corporate change, or military campaigns without encountering consequences that were not anticipated andContinue Reading