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Let's not forget the new MIAs
by Robert Haddick
The Vietnam War seared the issue of MIAs into America's culture. Writing for Time Magazine's Battleland blog, Marine Captain Bingham Jamison asks us not to forget about the newest MIAs.
Jamison described his feelings when he was assigned to track down two missing Marines during one of his tours in Iraq, a mission that ended with grim "success":
Common to all of these tragedies was a prevailing sense of disgust, horror, anguish, and frustration amongst those of us who searched for the MIAs. We let ourselves maintain enough hope during the recovery operations to help us press on, but not enough to expect a miracle. For as Nietzsche said, “Hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.”
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ahmed Kousay Altaie is the last American missing in action in Iraq. Jamison tells his story.
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About the Author
Robert Haddick is a contractor at U.S. Special Operations Command. From January 2009 to September 2012 he was Managing Editor of Small Wars Journal. During this time, he wrote the “This Week at War” column for Foreign Policy. Haddick was a U.S. Marine Corps officer, served in the 3rd and 23rd Marine Regiments, and deployed to Asia and Africa. He has advised the State Department, the National Intelligence Council, and U.S. Central Command.
In the private sector, Haddick was Director of Research at the Fremont Group, a large private investment firm and an affiliate of the Bechtel Corporation. He established the firm's global proprietary trading operation and was president of one of Fremont's overseas investment subsidiaries.
In addition to Foreign Policy and Small Wars Journal, Haddick's writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Air & Space Power Journal, and other publications. He has appeared in many radio and television interviews.
Contact Robert at robert@smallwarsjournal.com.
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