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"I Feel Like Dr Phil With Guns "

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Feb 28, 2008.

  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24afghanistan-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin

    Anyone read this story by Elizabeth Rubin in Sunday Times Magazine. Pretty wild stuff with almost Apocalypse Now quality . It is about Ranger unit stationed in remote Afghanistan outpost.

    Kind of surprised that it has not been more talked about.
     
    Boom_70, Feb 28, 2008
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  2. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    This is an extraordinary piece. Every writer on this board needs to read it.
     
    jgmacg, Mar 4, 2008
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  3. MartinEnigmatica

    MartinEnigmatica Active Member

    I set aside some time to read this a few days after it came out, but somehow missed this thread. Agreed, jg, it is excellent. One particular passage that stuck with me is below, which came right after the quote about Dr. Phil with Guns.

     
    MartinEnigmatica, Mar 4, 2008
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  4. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Extraordinary is right. Just stunned there is not more buzz about this story. I can't imagine that the Army Ranger brass is happy about the story.
     
    Boom_70, Mar 4, 2008
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  5. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    W.C. Heinz meets the Taliban.

    Of course, her material wrote itself.
     
    goalmouth, Mar 5, 2008
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