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Would you come to Forward Operating Base Warhorse here in Iraq? It is loaded with fans of yours. Captain Brad O'Brien FOB WARHORSE, IRAQ...
...They understand what it's like," Barrie says. "I am way over here in Afghanistan; I'm loved." One infantryman received a fiddle from his grandmother, even though he doesn't know how to play. But the way things are looking at FOB Maizan, he will have plenty of time to learn. That's not to say that there is nothing for the soldiers at Maizan to do - there is just less than there used...
...command of southern Afghanistan from the U.S. The mission of the troops at the base is to provide security to the district. Until a few weeks ago that meant daily patrols, visiting villages, checking up on reports of Taliban activity, and generally making their presence known. But these days FOB Maizan has had to limit those excursions...
...while Operation Medusa rolls on, back at FOB Maizan, the U.S. and Romanian troops struggle to fill the time between mortar attacks with chores, video games, books, and of course, learning to play the fiddle...
...been devoted to the best role for government. Climate change is too vast a problem for individuals to solve alone, and some big businesses have an incentive not to solve it. That leaves government to take the lead, which is tricky, because overreliance on government can allow individuals to fob off their own responsibilities. What's worse, government power seems to tickle autocratic fantasies. In my experience, environmentalists spend far too much energy advocating hard-line government "solutions" that don't stand a chance of being enacted. Sure, it might be good for the planet if governments banned...