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Trump’s plan to flee Afghanistan

April 1, 2020

It’s over. Dealmaker Donald says he’s ended America’s long nightmare in Afghanistan, finally halting 18-plus years of grinding war–the longest... Read more...

And how’s that war on poppies going?

November 1, 2014

And lest we get completely distracted by Iraq War III, here’s some breaking news from the frontlines of America’s longest-running... Read more...

Surging in Afghanistan

October 1, 2010

Surging in Afghanistan The surge is on in Afghanistan! Unfortunately, what appears to be most effective is not the 30,000... Read more...

In Iraq, Obama says it’s over but it’s not; In Afghanistan, who wants to die for Karzai?

October 1, 2010

At long last, it’s over. In the pre-dawn hours of August 18–seven years, two months, and 18 days after George W... Read more...

The four biggest reasons for escalating war in Afghanistan–and why they’re bogus

October 1, 2009

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is America’s “Man in the Stans”–Afghanistan and Pakistan, that is. Handpicked by President Obama to be special representative... Read more...

The CIA’S uprising in Afghanistan

February 1, 2009

You’ve gotta love the CIA for trying. It’ll give anything a shot–including a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro with an exploding... Read more...

The Bushites’ betrayal of our troops and vets

February 1, 2004

If hypocrisy were a drug, Washington would be the crack capital of the world. Congressional and White House leaders these... Read more...

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