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Dammit.
They said the same thing over and over and over again.
Colonel may I have a word?
It’s called down time Stone.
You ought to give it a try.
Hey by the way, I got a quiz here.
See which one of you can tell me who wrote this damned thing.
A war begun for no wise purpose carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity.
Not one benefit political or military was acquired with this war. Our eventual evacuation of the country resembled a retreat of an army defeated.
New York Times?
Nope.
Washington Post?
Jesus you’re close.
It’s written in 1843. You know why?
First Anglo-Afghan war.
Bingo.
Extra points if you can tell me what it was referring to.
British started out with 16,000, were routed on their way to Jalalabad.
How many survived?
One.
One survivor.
You know, Major I think you’re my only officer that really understands the importance of historical context.
So?
I had my legal counsel reassigned to Kabul.
What happened?
She told me she advised Weil to go to the press.
She did what?
I told her that if Weil did that, that she's going to upset the chain of command and as such she is subject to disciplinary action.
And what she say?
She said we’d need an IA first.
And what did you say?
I said, “You’re looking at her now go pack your bags you’re going home.”
Cigar?
Thank you.
There’s something else.
Weil filed a complaint against Martinez for continuing harassment.
Did he do it?
Well he’s got a criminal record for assault. I mean, it happened when he was a juvenile but-
Did he do it?
There is a strong possibility that he attempted to talk to her in a manner in which she considered hostile.
God damn it. I need you to tell me how this story ends.
Give me authority.
No.
I will make sure that it doesn’t get too far. We’ll just form a CA ask a few questions, wrap it up, the issue will be over.
No. I am not going to give you an IO. There’s no article 32.
You figure out how this thing dies.
Are you in?
I’m in.
Cost ya forty bucks.
I am glad you’re here, Stone. No one is better at rolling up the EOH and munitions than you. The way you rolled up Camp Oak.
Wait wait wait, what do you mean?
We’re rolling up the base.
It’s been confirmed?
Just came down ten minutes ago.
In how long.
Two weeks. Seems this base isn’t of strategic value.
Because it isn’t. Those *** who attacked us on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia.
Well I just don’t think we should be rolling up when the Taliban are still trying to get up on the base.
Does this interfere with your plans, Stone?
Yes, it does.
We didn’t come all the way over to here just to give up and leave just because those *** won’t go away.
For christ’s sake can’t we get one thing accomplished, just one god damned thing. One thing.
I’m putting together some female engagement teams because I have every confi-
Is something funny?
We’ve all heard of the FETs.
That’s because they work.
I think that has more to do with our friends in the press than any operational effectiveness.
Female engagement teams are able to speak with the local women. That is a vast intel resource that has never been -
We don’t know they’ll talk -
They will and they do. These women are put in prison if they want to get a divorce, the Taliban stone them to death if they’ve been ***.
Now the FET’S tap into the 50 percent of the population that doesn’t want the Taliban back. Now we turn their natural enemy against them. The women.
Some sort of Female Militia.
There’s a women’s underground of information.
These women are underestimated undervalued. Who knows maybe they will rise up in the middle of the night and *** the *** in their bed.
Well that’s an intriguing idea but unfortunately it’s a little bit late.
We’re redeploying.
Colonel-
Major, Major, Major.
Why don’t you go take a breather and you come back when you're ready.
Now deal the cards.
Twenty bucks to get in.
Leakers are increasingly shaping the narrative for the war in Afghanistan.
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Whether we in the newsroom, or you our viewers at home, like it or not leaks are here to stay.