Writer: @TheAtlantic; Books: 2054; Halcyon; Fifth Act; 2034; Red Dress in Black & White; Places & Names; Waiting for Eden; Dark at the Crossing; Green on Blue
“I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took in the presence of my family, my flag and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.”
We don’t execute prisoners.
My latest for @washingtonpost
“To accuse our Afghan allies of not fighting hard enough, then to use their alleged incompetence as a smokescreen for our own, is the height of arrogance, and dishonor.”
My latest in @TheAtlantic
“We need to evacuate our interpreters, as well as other key Afghan partners and family members threatened by the Taliban. And if we can’t do that by our September 11 withdrawal deadline, then our withdrawal will not be complete.”
Відбувся мем: сьогодні журналісти, які приїхали в Україну щоб писати репортажі для Time Magazine і The Atlantic дві години сортували на нашому складі медикаменти і носили коробки.
Меланія Подоляк: працюють всі!
“Without congressional action, the tens of thousands of Afghans we evacuated to the United States may be deported in the coming year, and very few in Washington seem to be talking about it.”
My latest for @TheAtlantic
My latest for @nytopinion
“It is not hard to imagine, then, with half of the country claiming an elected leader is illegitimate, that certain military members who hold their own biases might begin to second guess their orders.”
“The ramp drops. In that instant, two machine guns concentrate their fire on the opening. Not a man is given time to jump. All aboard are cut down where they stand.”
First Wave at Omaha Beach
"A certain subset of young men is trying to bring meaning to their lives through gun violence. Stories are where people have always gone to find meaning. We need to tell a different story; the current one is killing us.”
My latest for @TheAtlantic