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Are We To Be the World's Greatest Force for Good or Not? May. 11, 2021
America is going through convulsions that may destroy it as the country we and the world have known ... Read More
America Did Not Transform Afghanistan Apr. 28, 2021
President George W. Bush stood before the U.S. Capitol in 2005 and delivered an Inaugural Address in... Read More
America Did Not Transform Afghanistan Apr. 28, 2021
President George W. Bush stood before the U.S. Capitol in 2005 and delivered an Inaugural Address in... Read More
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: It Won't Be Like Last Time Apr. 23, 2021
We've been in Afghanistan 20 years, Joe Biden's generals told him. All we need is a little more time... Read More
Biden Is Understandably Exasperated, but Afghan Pullout Will Hasten Taliban Return Apr. 16, 2021
President Joe Biden suggests he has run out of patience and options to resolve the two-decade milita... Read More
Is Biden Prepared to Lose Afghanistan? Feb. 19, 2021
Is President Joe Biden prepared to preside over the worst U.S. strategic defeat since the fall of Sa... Read More
What Happens Next in Afghanistan? The Neo-Taliban May. 30, 2020
I shouted the text of my latest story about the invasion from a Palm Pilot into a balky Iridium sate... Read More
Afghanistan Peace Deal Must Avoid Past Mistakes Mar. 10, 2020
Many will welcome the United States-Taliban peace deal signed last weekend in Qatar. They see a war ... Read More
Trump Flees Afghanistan, but US Still There Mar. 04, 2020
It's over. Donald the Dealmaker says that he has ended America's long nightmare in Afghanistan, fina... Read More
Why Are We Still There? When Do We Leave? Jan. 17, 2020
My children go to a small Christian private school. One of the most popular teachers has been called... Read More
Trump Ended the Taliban Peace Talks, but Not the War in Afghanistan Sep. 15, 2019
The Taliban will not be guests at Camp David. The peace talks with them are history, and the Afghan ... Read More
Once Again, in Afghanistan, the U.S. Proves It Can't Be Trusted Sep. 13, 2019
The first draft of this column came not to bury but to praise Donald Trump. I planned to applaud the... Read More
Big Changes Needed at the CIA to Advance Trump's Smart Strategy Sep. 12, 2019
After decades of American predictability, President Donald Trump's unexpected decision to cancel a s... Read More
Did We Learn the Lesson of 9/11? Sep. 11, 2019
It's now been nearly a full generation since Sept. 11, 2001. There are people currently serving in t... Read More
U.S. Presence in Afghanistan Should Have Only 1 Goal Sep. 11, 2019
Eighteen years ago, al Qaida terrorists who had entered the United States attacked the United States... Read More
Trump Actually Planned to Host the Taliban at Camp David. What Was He Thinking? Sep. 10, 2019
The collapse of talks between the Trump administration and the Taliban brings to a merciful end an i... Read More
Trump's Cut-and-Run Plan for Afghanistan Sets the Stage for a Bloodbath Sep. 06, 2019
President Donald Trump is preparing a shameful cut-and-run from Afghanistan, the likes of which the ... Read More
When, If Ever, Can We Lay This Burden Down? Aug. 20, 2019
Friday, President Donald Trump met in New Jersey with his national security advisers and envoy Zalma... Read More
Afghanistan Today: The Taliban and Al Qaida Are Still There (and Isis, Too) Jun. 05, 2019
As America approaches the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, we also approac... Read More
Criminal Chinese Company Had Strong Links to Clintons Dec. 11, 2018
When Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, was arrested in Canada on Dec... Read More
