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The Marines are running a lecture series on AfPak cultural issues in the coming months at Quantico. First up, on Jan. 20, is a University of Pennsylvania prof on "Social and Political Dissent in Pashtu Poetry: The Case of Malang Jan."   Like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog would say, I kid. But I applaud ...

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps

The Marines are running a lecture series on AfPak cultural issues in the coming months at Quantico. First up, on Jan. 20, is a University of Pennsylvania prof on "Social and Political Dissent in Pashtu Poetry: The Case of Malang Jan."  

The Marines are running a lecture series on AfPak cultural issues in the coming months at Quantico. First up, on Jan. 20, is a University of Pennsylvania prof on "Social and Political Dissent in Pashtu Poetry: The Case of Malang Jan."  

Like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog would say, I kid. But I applaud the Marines for doing this.

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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