http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24afghanistan-t.html?pagewanted=11&_r=2
(Hat tip: Abu Muqawama)
This is very high quality war reporting. Detailed, well-analysed, well written and balanced. If only 5% of war reporting was this good. Do you call in the airstrike you know will kill an insurgent knowing that the house has innocents in it as well? Do you fight in the hills with guys who know the hills 100% better than you do, or do you just send in the cluster bombs? Do you kill locals who you know sympathise with and materially support your enemies?
These are not theoretical moral dilemmas for Battle Company and other units from the Second Brigade of the 503rd Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. They are decisions you might have a few minutes to mull over because the C-130 gunship is running out of fuel. These guys are at the grisly spear-point. Say a prayer for them.
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