John Nagl & Nathaniel Fick discuss Afghanistan and General Petraeus

FP Executive Editor Susan Glasser sat down with Nate Fick and John Nagl to talk about what challenges Gen. David Petraeus will face in Afghanistan in 2009.

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News & Politics

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• afghanistan
• petraeus
• foreign
• policy
• iraq

[mraben1]

Lt Fick's book One Bullet away is fantastic. What a bright young man

[holdenwi]

semper fi

[Thereallars]

Semper fi, Do or Die!

[Luke2108]

I'm not sure how you got your info himynameissudip, but the fact that Army tours are 1+ year compared to the Marine average of ~8 months is in no way a good thing. The Marines have shorter tours because they know that to keep up combat effectiveness breaks are necessary. This does not make them weaker. It allows them to do their job longer without the adverse mental and physical side effects that are becoming rampant among Army personnel. The USMC and Army do two very different jobs in combat.

[mauijiujitsuman808]

yeah you should read the unforgiving minuete by craig mullaney, it mentions john nagl who is one of craigs mentors, go read it!

[himynameissudip]

Fuck the Marines, go Army. Their combat tours are twice as long as the Marines. Soldiers fight the war, Marines are just tourists that help out when they want to.

[RooftopRecon]

Learn to spell.

[dxrules52]

fuck army

[chavling]

agreed, just finished it.

[btistabomb126]

Marine Corps lol ooorah!

[btistabomb126]

thanks bro