Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 65)
U.S. civil service’s preference for hiring military vets comes at a hidden cost
Gregory B. Lewis
One-third of new federal hires are veterans
Iraq and Afghanistan: The $6 trillion bill for America’s longest war is unpaid
Linda J. Bilmes
We have charged this debt to the national credit card
Who killed Sister Cathy? That is — and isn’t — the story of Netflix’s latest true crime show
Erin Keane
"The Keepers" is as riveting as a crime series gets. It also exposes pitfalls of the prestige true crime formula
Donald Trump has no “secret plan” to wipe out the “evil losers” of ISIS — he’s stuck in the same old no-win situation
Danielle Ryan
Despite all his campaign bluster, Trump faces an intractable, insidious enemy and untrustworthy allies. Good luck!
What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?
Frederic Lemieux
Acts of terrorism followed by violent crackdowns can become a cycle that is difficult to disrupt
The Manchester bombing is blowback from the West’s disastrous interventions and covert proxy wars
Max Blumenthal
How the US and UK helped bring jihadists like Salmam Abedi to Libya and Syria
Donald’s bogus journey: President Trump’s behavior at NATO summit makes a bad trip even worse
Gary Legum
It would have been easy for Trump to provide our allies a little reassurance. Instead, he confirmed their fears
“War Machine” not a movie for the Trump era, but alas it has Netflix
Max Cea
The subject of this Brad Pitt-led satire feels quaint in the Trump era
Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war
Peter Van Buren
Was Chelsea Manning motivated by moral injury?
In the Saudis’ den of extremism, Trump trades advanced weapons for a $200 billion re-election fund
Max Blumenthal
Trump’s public relations bonanza will feature a speech on Islam composed by his most Islamophobic aide
Stop making “The Handmaid’s Tale” about your liberal anxiety
Deirdre Corley
While you’re binge-watching prestige TV, millions of women are living their own real-life Gileads
There’s a problem with trusting the generals to handle war
Danny Sjursen
Generals are human, and they've made plenty of mistakes. So why trust them more?
Forty-five blows against democracy
David Vine
How U.S. Military bases back dictators, autocrats and military regimes
Obesessing over Trump? You’re missing something important
Andrew Bacevich
The president is trying to divert our attention
The American way of war is a budget-breaker
William D. Hartung
Never has a society spent more for less
Donald Trump wants to ramp up America’s presence in Afghanistan
Matthew Rozsa
America's longest war may not be over yet
Mysterious U.S. military “space plane” returns to Earth with a sonic boom
Angelo Young
The experimental X-37B unmanned aircraft is carrying top-secret data
Open burning at U.S. military sites inflames activists in nearby towns
Dan Ross
“What does this say about how caring they are about the people around these sites, including their own employees?"
Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken identified as first U.S. service member to die in Somalia since “Black Hawk Down”
Taylor Link
The Pentagon identified Milliken, a 15-year veteran, as the soldier who died in a firefight with Shabab fighters
Memory loss in the garden of violence: What happens when war can be distilled into a rallying cry?
John Dower
A look at how Americans remember (and forget) their wars
This is what winning looks like
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Winning in Trump's America looks a lot like winning did in Beirut and Iraq and Afghanistan once upon a time
Don’t know much about history: A Donald Trump guide to reading things
Michael Winship
Trump thinks his intuition is better than knowledge of the past. That's dangerous for him and all the rest of us
Trump-era anti-Semitism changed my family — we started going to synagogue
Britni de la Cretaz
When a JCC near my home was targeted in a bomb threat, practicing Judaism felt like a crucial act of resistance.
How the French debacle in Algeria shaped the rise of Marine Le Pen — and what America can learn from it
Steven A. Cook
Marine Le Pen's neofascist movement was fueled by lingering resentment over a military humiliation. Maybe ours too
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