Episode 297 - The History of Fragging and the Case of Alberto Martinez

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Joe and Nate explore the history of Fragging in the US military and the case of Alberto Martinez, a soldier who almost certainly killed two officers during the Iraq War and got away with it. Buy Joe's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KQQ88V9SZ7K1&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706602108&sprefix=%2Caps%2C201&sr=8-1 Sources: George LePre. Fragging: Why US Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in Vietnam https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2017/01/27/alberto-martinez-acquitted-killing-local/22538316007/ https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/nyregion/21frag.html https://journalnow.com/witness-soldier-changed-before-fatal-iraq-blast/article_95ae16fb-b3e6-51b8-b445-d609e6d77e94.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/nyregion/16guard.html

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0:38.8	Hey everybody, welcome back to Alliance Led by Donkeys podcast.
0:43.0	I am Joe and with me today is Nate.
0:48.0	What's up buddy?
0:49.0	You know, just the usual.
0:51.0	It's actually been a kind of a nuts week for me but it's like one of those
0:56.2	things where you just learn to accept that when you decide to become a parent that
1:00.1	chaos will rain forever and it's it's less like the toddler throwing shit
1:04.8	everywhere thing because our daughter is too young for that.
1:07.3	But we've just determined that she, I don't know if this
1:12.1	is a sign of a good immune system but she definitely gets feverish
1:17.0	when she has her you know scheduled vaccines and there's baby like Tylenol sort of equivalent you can give they tell you to give and we do but that reduces the symptoms so
1:28.6	You know it's still like you have a feverish baby. It's just not as like scary go to the hospital feverish it's just upset baby
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