MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
http://my.firedoglake.com/billyglad/2011/01/06/i-remember-restrepo/
It was filmed in the famous Korengal Valley, where GIs engaged with the Taliban for five long years, and eventually left.
Billy says: "Some might say the soldiers and Marines who died there died in vain. And some might say that the valley is a metaphor for America’s war in Afghanistan, a war that is sure to end in some kind of stalemate, with neither the United Nations nor the Taliban winning a clearcut victory."