Support the War Is Boring Afghanistan Surge!

Two years ago the U.S. military “surged” tens of thousands of extra troops to Iraq, and dispersed them into neighborhood patrol bases to protect the Iraqi population from insurgent attacks — a move widely credited with turning around that conflict. Today we’re surging in Afghanistan, sending 17,000 troops to reinforce flagging U.S.-NATO operations. It’s a last-ditch attempt to salvage an eight-year-old war we thought we’d already won.

War Is Boring will surge right alongside U.S. troops. In August, this blog will deploy two reporters to Afghanistan’s most dangerous regions: Jason Reich is headed to eastern Afghanistan, along the Pakistan border, with the U.S. Army, while David Axe travels south to embed with NATO troops around Kandahar, pictured. David and Jason will file stories, photos and videos, direct from the “front,” covering combat, reconstruction and counter-drug ops.

But we need your help. War correspondence is expensive. The cost of air fare, lodging and equipment, for two reporters, for a month each, will come to around $8,000, combined — all of which must come out of our pockets. To help defray these expenses, War Is Boring is soliciting donations via the Paypal button at left.

In recent years, our loyal readers have helped underwrite David’s work in Africa and Latin America. We know times are tough, but we’re asking you to dig deep, once again, to make possible our expanded coverage of the Afghanistan conflict. A dollar, five dollars, a hundred — anything you can spare. In exchange, we promise to provide, on this blog, some of the best, most balanced coverage of the war, anywhere.
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