How the Australian commander in Afghanistan wound up in a psych ward
Maj. Gen. Cantwell’s account, here, is worth reading. "The next day I wave goodbye to Jane, who is in tears, through the wire-impregnated glass of a door in a psychiatric ward. I am locked in. When I find my way to my room, I sit and weep like a child. How did it come to ...
Maj. Gen. Cantwell's account, here, is worth reading. "The next day I wave goodbye to Jane, who is in tears, through the wire-impregnated glass of a door in a psychiatric ward. I am locked in. When I find my way to my room, I sit and weep like a child. How did it come to this? What the hell am I doing here?"
Maj. Gen. Cantwell’s account, here, is worth reading. "The next day I wave goodbye to Jane, who is in tears, through the wire-impregnated glass of a door in a psychiatric ward. I am locked in. When I find my way to my room, I sit and weep like a child. How did it come to this? What the hell am I doing here?"
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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