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Balance Sheet of the Forever War Sep. 05, 2018
"It is time for this war in Afghanistan to end," said Gen. John Nicholson in Kabul on his retirement... Read More
Afghanistan: Less Important Than Porn Stars Jun. 27, 2018
The "news" you see at night on broadcast television is defined by what "outrage" has been perpetrate... Read More
In Afghanistan, We Persist in Futility Jun. 24, 2018
The ceasefire in Afghanistan came to an unmistakable end Wednesday when 30 Afghan government soldier... Read More
Too Many Wars. Too Many Enemies. Jan. 30, 2018
If Turkey is not bluffing, U.S. troops in Manbij, Syria, could be under fire by week's end, and NATO... Read More
A Private Military Oct. 25, 2017
We've fought in Afghanistan for 16 years now. Are we making progress? After 9/11, we invaded, overth... Read More
Is War With Iran Now Inevitable? Oct. 17, 2017
With his declaration Friday that the Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest, President Do... Read More
The Vietnam Syndrome: How We Lost It, Why We Need It Sep. 21, 2017
In Kabul, Afghanistan, American Embassy personnel who want to meet with their counterparts at the ne... Read More
Making an Afghan with No Pattern Aug. 28, 2017
One of my aunts and my grandmother both made beautiful afghans, those cozy, crocheted lap-warmers th... Read More
Trump's Palmerstonian Policy Aug. 25, 2017
President Donald Trump's Afghanistan speech Monday night was disciplined, measured and sometimes ver... Read More
What Still Unites Us? Aug. 25, 2017
Decades ago, a debate over what kind of nation America is roiled the conservative movement. Neocons ... Read More
If You Can't Change Your Mind, Change the Subject Aug. 24, 2017
On the heels of his worst week in office, during which his crude comments about race were widely per... Read More
Trump and the Forever War in Afghanistan Aug. 24, 2017
"One did not have to be a lunatic or a particularly despondent visionary to conceive quite seriously... Read More
What Does It Mean to 'Win' in Afghanistan? Aug. 23, 2017
The Central Intelligence Agency published an assessment in 1985 — "The Soviet Invasion of Afgh... Read More
Is Trump's Agenda Being Eclipsed? Aug. 22, 2017
"I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British... Read More
Troops First, Strategy Later? Jun. 27, 2017
Sixteen years after a U.S.-led coalition overthrew the Taliban, Afghanistan is still a dangerous, ch... Read More
Is Afghanistan a Lost Cause? Jun. 02, 2017
"We are there and we are committed" was the regular retort of Secretary of State Dean Rusk during th... Read More
Can the US Fix Afghanistan? May. 17, 2017
Three days after the 9/11 attacks both houses of Congress voted correctly — and without object... Read More
Trump's Empty Bluster and Bombing Apr. 20, 2017
When terrorism raises its head, governments often take steps that are supposed to make us safer R... Read More
Will Christianity Perish in Its Birthplace? Apr. 14, 2017
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?)" Those are among Jesus' las... Read More
More Government Reconstruction Failure in Afghanistan Mar. 07, 2017
The federal government's "war on drugs" has been a spectacular failure here in the U.S., but that st... Read More
