Posted in India, War of Misinformation on May 4th, 2010 1 Comment »
On May 25, I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the last week of May when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where all the other [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, War of Misinformation on June 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
Why would Afghan elders “tip off the Taliban” that U.S. soldiers were in their village?
On Monday night, NBC Nightly News had the perfect opportunity to answer this question that is at the root of our military failures in Afghanistan. They had the chance to produce a piece of journalism that could have helped shape U.S. [...]
Posted in War of Misinformation on April 7th, 2009 8 Comments »
After the shooting rampage in Binghamton that left 13 people dead, the city’s police chief – the man charged with protecting the citizenry – said in a moment of stupidity:
“If some crazy lunatic decides to pick up a gun and go someplace and start shooting people, I really don’t have the answer how…[to] prevent anything [...]