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Does Trump think that taking us deeper into a 16-year-old disastrous war is going to convince us that he’s a real leader?
Jefferson Morley
The president's solution to losing allies, credibility and moral authority: more war.
Now the Libertarians have known sin: Reckoning with the rise of the “alt-right”
Heather Digby Parton
Were Ron Paul's presidential campaigns a breeding ground for angry young white men who became the "alt-right"?
Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy is not new, and it’s not a strategy
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Being convinced by "his" generals to accept the status quo doesn't feel like a win to Trump, so he blames the media
Make war great again! Die-hard Trump fans, have I got a plan for you
D. Watkins
Hold onto your torches, my fellow Americans! Here's my totally supportive plan for helping you help your president
Beltway pundits fall for another Trump “pivot” on Afghanistan — as always, they’re wrong
Bob Cesca
Mainstream press swoons over "a new President Trump" — but it was the same old ugly one who showed up in Phoenix
Rex Tillerson undercuts Trump on Afghanistan: “We may not win”
Charlie May
Tillerson to the Taliban: "You will not win a battlefield victory. We may not win one, but neither will you"
Breitbart has issues with Donald Trump’s Afghanistan speech
Taylor Link
With Steve Bannon back at his far-right publication, Breitbart needles Trump for departing from "America first"
Donald Trump was swayed on his Afghanistan policy by photos of women in miniskirts
Charlie May
Donald Trump abandons his years of opposing Afghanistan interventionism because he saw a photo of women in 70s garb
Of course Fox News is going to start praising Donald Trump’s Afghanistan speech
Taylor Link
Trump read a vague speech from a teleprompter that promised continued war in Afghanistan, pleasing media members
Paul Ryan admits Trump “messed up” Charlottesville during town hall, refuses to censure the president
Taylor Link
Ryan faces heat in his home state of Wisconsin, where town hall participants ask why he's gotten nothing done
Trump has a secret plan to “win” in Afghanistan and wants us to trust him. Let’s not!
Heather Digby Parton
Since he knows nothing about Afghanistan or the war, his only strategy is more bombs and stealing resources
Donald Trump changes his mind on Afghanistan, still has no real strategy
Matthew Rozsa
In a speech aimed at foreign policy, the president also spent lots of time talking about Charlottesville
Donald Trump wants to send more troops into Afghanistan
Matthew Rozsa
Trump has been critical of America's involvement in Afghanistan in the past, but seems to have changed his tune
How Donald Trump killed the conservative promise of Pax Americana
Tom Engelhardt
It took a reality TV star with a curious comb-over to destroy American exceptionalism
When all the world’s a war: A history of declared and undeclared wars on enemies real and imagined
Rebecca Gordon
All the men and women are merely soldiers when war becomes a metaphor
The politics of mean
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Bye bye, Steve Bannon. But his toxic politics live on in Trump's White House
The three powerful Generals surrounding Trump: What does it mean for his presidency and the country?
Jefferson Morley
Trump’s militarized presidency could have perilous consequences
Maine Gov. Paul LePage: Removing Confederate statues is like taking down monuments to 9/11 victims
Angelo Young
Trump superfan Paul LePage says that Confederate monuments are A-OK!
The day has finally arrived: America’s pathological liar-in-chief has turned to nuclear saber-rattling
Steven Rosenfeld
"We're in uncharted waters."
Tillerson in Asia
Philip Bowring
While the U.S. short-term focus is on North Korea — China is gaining influence in Asia
Drone warfare is broken, buggy and losing us the war on terror
Charlie May
A new report examines the technology of drone warfare and its lethal shortcomings
Avoiding war with China
Chas W. Freeman
Many American leaders have grown cavalier about nuclear war, but there is risk of a devastating conflict with China
Donald Trump needs his “Day After” moment: We’ve heard reckless rhetoric from a Republican before — then Ronald Reagan negotiated nuclear disarmament
Sophia Tesfaye
Reagan was elected as a tough-talking foe of diplomacy, and then an ABC special turned him into a peacenik
Trump’s “frenemy of the week” campaign is starting to backfire: Which Republican will he try to humiliate next?
Bob Cesca
First Sessions, then McMaster — this week it's Mitch McConnell. These former loyalists will turn on him eventually
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