Lost Cause: A Special Forces Soldier’s Case For Leaving Afghanistan
After 19 years, $2 trillion, more than 20,000 wounded, almost 2,000 killed, and layer upon layer of lies, it’s time to end the war in Afghanistan.
Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Platform Is Woefully Inadequate To Today’s Needs
Foreign policy is Biden’s worst platform, and it would be negligence not to question him on the challenges of the future, for which, according to his own words, he seems woefully ill-prepared.
Will The Taliban Uphold Its End Of The Afghanistan Deal?
As the agreement makes clear, the United States and its allies are indeed looking for the exits. If all goes to plan, U.S. and coalition forces will vacate Afghanistan by spring 2021.
Why The U.S.-Taliban Agreement Validates Americans’ Sacrifices In Afghanistan
The Taliban only came to the table because of the sacrifices many brave Americans have made. In light of this and the fact that the U.S. objectives remain the same, our sacrifices were not in vain.
With Afghanistan Deal, Trump Has A Foreign Policy Record He Can Take To Re-Election
No new wars or interventions in Iran or Venezuela, a partial drawdown from Iraq and Syria, and an Afghanistan withdrawal deal is a foreign policy record to be proud of.
Congress Is Giving Taxpayers A 2,000-Page, $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill For Christmas
Nothing says “happy holidays” like bilking U.S. taxpayers for trillions of dollars through a bill no one has had time to read.
Trump’s Next National Security Adviser Should Focus On Ending The Afghanistan War
The Afghanistan War was never supposed to be an endless imperial policing mission. At a time of resurgent great power rivalry, President Trump deserves to have an NSA who is a foreign policy realist.
Congress’s Vote To Keep War In Afghanistan Sells Out American Soldiers
By a 68-23 margin, the Senate decided we haven’t spilled enough blood, broken enough soldiers, or spent enough money on Afghanistan.
No Amount Of U.S. Intervention Is Going To Save Afghanistan Now Or Ever
These failed pundits’ efforts are meant to shame President Trump into reversing his instinct to pull the United States out of Afghanistan.
It’s In America’s Best Interests To Stop Overspending On Our Military
We spend gobs of money on our military, so what do we get in return? A lot of foreign intervention that has little clear benefit to Americans.
President Trump Should End The Failed Afghanistan War And Bring Our Troops Home
The war in Afghanistan is over. If our aim was to reshape Afghanistan as a modern civilized liberal democracy, we lost.
In Afghanistan, President Trump Can Reinforce Failure Or Rebuild For The Future
The president will soon make one of the weightiest decisions of his presidency: whether he should increase America’s military mission in Afghanistan.
Has Donald Trump Already Abandoned His ‘America First’ Foreign Policy?
The Trump administration is a lot closer to conventional foreign policy orthodoxy than many of his political enemies thought or his supporters desired.