Afghanistan: The Fruits of Western Fancies and Fallacies
We should have heeded the words of our sixth president, John Quincy Adams, who said America “goes not abroad, in search of monsters...
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Biden to Bring in 30K Afghans. Americans Left Behind Won’t Be Prioritized in Evacuation
Biden plans to import 30,000 Afghans and put them on military bases in Texas and Wisconsin. ...
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Kabul Has Fallen — But Don’t Blame Biden
So who is to blame for the scenes from Afghanistan this weekend? There is plenty to go around. ...
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With the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Approaching, President Biden’s Policies Have Made America Less Safe
With September 11 rapidly approaching, President Biden has made America much less safe by destabilizing the Middle East, failing in Afghanistan, and allowing...
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Who Lost America’s Longest War?
Who is responsible for the colossal U.S. failure in Afghanistan? Who is responsible for America's impending defeat in her longest war? ...
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Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission?
As in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973, the year our prisoners of war came home, America did not lose a major battle in...
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UN Wins, USA Loses After 20 Years in Afghanistan
After the destruction of New York’s Twin Towers in September 11, 2011, U.S. leaders launched immediate retaliation. Blaming Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda...
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America’s Afghanistan Experience Illustrates the Dangers of Nation-building
Should we go abroad, searching for monsters to destroy? Or should we be the champions only of our own liberty? ...
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As America Recedes, China Rises
As our July Fourth celebrations were beginning, the U.S. quietly closed and abandoned Bagram Air Base, the largest American military base between the...
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Were the Wars Wise? Were They Worth It?
Afghanistan and Iraq cost us 7,000 dead and 40,000 wounded. Were they necessary wars? Were they wise? Were they worth it? ...
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Will Special Interests Allow America’s “Longest War” to Finally End?
The worst news possible for the Beltway military contractor/think tank complex would be that the United States actually won a war. That would...
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Who Will Be the Next “America First” President?
While many older Republican leaders remain wedded to a Bush foreign policy, some of the prospective leaders of the party seem to be...
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Why Can’t We “Just March Out” Of Afghanistan?
The delayed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan may result in Americans and Afghans dying needlessly for good PR optics back home. ...
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Biden Bids Farewell to a “Forever War”
So said President Joe Biden in his announcement that, as of Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade...
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Pentagon Undercounting Troops in Afghanistan by 1,000
The Defense Department has once again been caught using accounting tricks to cover up the actual number of U.S. troops deployed in a...
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