Posts Tagged: Afghanistan war
The Arab Spring Created a Consensus Against Middle East Interventions
JNS.org - The tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings has given rise to a deluge of commentary noting the contrast between...
Trump Authorizes Sanctions Over ICC Afghanistan War Crimes Case
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order authorizing US sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC employees involved in an investigation into whether American...
In Afghanistan, No Deal Is Better Than a Bad Deal
JNS.org - Two years ago this month, Zalmay Khalilzad, the distinguished diplomat who has served as America’s ambassador to both Iraq and Afghanistan, praised Donald...
Why Endless Wars Can’t Be Ended
JNS.org - “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” Plato made that incisive observation a rather long time ago. Yet a surprising number of...
Trump to Unveil Afghanistan Strategy in Televised Address
President Donald Trump will give a nationally televised address Monday night to unveil his strategy for the long-running war in Afghanistan, the White House said,...
The Afghanistan Quagmire: Time for an Exit Strategy
Two weeks ago, President Obama announced that the US will draw down its troops in Afghanistan from 9,800 to 8,400, altering his original plan to...
Why the Middle East Can’t Modernize
The recent fall of Fallujah to an al Qaeda-linked group provides an unwelcome reminder of the American resources and lives devoted from 2004 to 2007 to...
Opinion: Clueless, Obama Harms the U.S. Without & Within
Imagine, the White House and Iran's president-elect agree. Both congratulated the Iranian people on their determination to participate in the "political process" of the purported...
Overthrowing Saddam Hussein Was the Right Move for the US and Its Allies
Overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 achieved important American strategic objectives. Our broad international coalition accomplished its military mission with low casualties and great...
Now, A Third Party Has a Chance To Win
About a year ago, whenever the name of President Obama came up, the near-universal word used by people I know who had worked hard...
