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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
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'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
Memo to Trump: Trade Bolton for Tulsi Jun. 28, 2019
"For too long our leaders have failed us, taking us into one regime change war after the next, leadi... Read More
Short Takes on Territorial Trivialities and Nursing No-Nos May. 06, 2019
Don't Sweat the Trivial Stuff Remember the war in Afghanistan? That is, the longest war in U.S. hist... Read More
Military Roles Don't Distinguish Between the Sexes; Neither Should the Draft Mar. 05, 2019
With greater equality comes greater responsibility. That's essentially what a federal judge said in ... Read More
Trump's Foreign Policy: Hated by Pundits but Popular With Voters Mar. 01, 2019
President Donald Trump keeps coming under attack for his foreign policy, predictably by Democrats bu... Read More
It Never Works, Yet Trump Is Once Again Trying to Bomb Toward Peace Feb. 15, 2019
George Carlin said, "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity." Given the timing, I assume ... Read More
In Trump's Haste for a Foreign-Policy Victory, He Must Not Abandon Afghanistan Feb. 07, 2019
The Trump administration, anxious for some kind of a foreign-policy victory after repeated false sta... Read More
Why We Lost the Afghan War (Again) Feb. 01, 2019
Dec. 11, 2001: Three months after 9/11, two months after George W. Bush ordered bombs to begin raini... Read More
Trump's Right About 'Ridiculous' Misuse of US Forces Jan. 02, 2019
Donald Trump has been complaining for years about the promiscuous use of American military personnel... Read More
As in Kipling's Day, Military Deployments Needed to Prevent Unknowable Threats Dec. 28, 2018
The numbers are small, the terrain unfamiliar, the cast of characters chaotic and the clash of inter... Read More
Leaving Syria Beats the Alternative Dec. 23, 2018
There are two established rules for withdrawing American troops from foreign conflicts. The first is... 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
NASA Touchdown Nov. 30, 2018
Touchdown. The Mars InSight successfully landed on Mars on Monday after a seven-month journey. It's ... Read More
Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? Nov. 29, 2018
The old peacenik slogan was, "What if they gave a war and nobody came?" Today, the question is, "Wha... Read More
How Far-Out Is Trump's War Policy? Sep. 19, 2018
War is hell. We've learned that over and over from the hundreds of thousands of deaths, uncountable ... Read More
If Americans Can't Drive in Afghanistan, Can We Remake Syria? Sep. 12, 2018
Seventeen years ago, U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and prevent al-Qaida f... Read More
