Status Updates From Where Men Win Glory: The Od...

"A compelling argument can be made, however, that the sad end [Tillman] met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism—his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue." - p. 406

"Decades from now, when the POTUS declares yet another war on some national adversary, a great many men (and more than a few women) will doubtless stream forth to enlist, just as eager to join the fight as the Americans who flocked to recruiting offices during previous armed conflicts—regardless of whether the war in question is a reckless blunder or vital to the survival of the Republic." — written circa 2010

The Pakistani ISI continues to assist... Islamist insurgents for the same reason the American CIA once did: b/c the jihadis function as a proxy army willing to bear arms against a mortal enemy in possession of a nuclear arsenal w/ whom the government... dares not wage war openly. In Pakistan's case, that enemy is India... which Islamabad considers ... as great a threat as the USA viewed the USSR during the Cold War.

Gets pretty confusing here; "sloppy", by Krakauer standards.

All he needs to do is clearly flag the mission of each Serial—"Serial 1, Bound to overwatch Mana; Serial 2, Towing Humvee to solid pavement". Could have done that in his "Dramatis Personae" in the book's beginning.

"Most of the untried Rangers yearned to experience the atavistic rush of having to kill or be killed—a desire more common among the male population than is usually acknowledged in polite company."

Naw, Krakauer. I'm good. And I'm gonna need some sources for your claim there.

I would contend that's a reptilian brain-mindset humanity has been endeavoring to transcend, largely successfully, for some time now.

"By sunset the firefight was over, and the Marines held [what] they'd been told to seize—but at a cost of eighteen dead Marines, at least seventeen of whom were killed by friendly fire.
Chaos is indeed the normal state of affairs on the battleground. When the military is confronted with the fratricidal carnage that predictably results, denial and dissembling are its time-honored responses of first resort." —p 234