Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 67)
The surge delusion is dangerous in the “go big” military era of Donald Trump
Danny Sjursen
For many career soldiers, the surge era (2007-2011) provides a kind of vindication for all those years of effort
Trump’s military nostalgia is influenced by the war movies of his youth
Michael T. Klare
Rebuilding a last-century military to fight last-century wars
Trump’s “American carnage”: The president plays military man around the world
Rebecca Gordon
Which would Trump prefer: winning or not fighting at all?
The president who loved generals: Trump’s foreign policy will be led by the military, not diplomats
William D. Hartung
President Trump will prove to be no noninterventionist
Vladimir Putin has a plan to upend the political order of the Middle East. Spoiler alert: It’s working
Steven A. Cook
While the U.S. has been consumed by domestic politics, Putin has built a bold new strategy — and carried it out
The bigger question behind Trump’s botched Yemen raid: Why are we being dragged into yet another war?
Gary Legum
Trump was acclaimed as "presidential" for his tribute to Carryn Owens. But why was her husband sent to Yemen?
Losing a war — one bad metaphor at a time
William J. Astore
Will more troops help the U.S. win in Afghanistan if there's no change in the policies of battle there?
At the altar of American greatness: David Brooks, Trump and the Church of America the Redeemer
Andrew Bacevich
It demands of the faithful just one thing: a fervent belief in our mission to remake the world in America's image
America last: The case for moral disengagement from politics in the age of Trump
Anis Shivani
We may well be seeing the rise of fascism — but Democrats and liberals have helped make it possible. Just say no!
How does President Donald Trump’s first month as president stack up?
Matthew Rozsa
Trump's White House has pushed the narrative that the administration is working at an historic pace. Is it true?
Mission unaccomplished, 15 years later: The misuse of American military power, the Middle East in chaos
Danny Sjursen
The United States has already lost — its war for the Middle East, that is
Angst in the Church of America the Redeemer
Andrew J. Bacevich
Worshippers belive that America’s transgressions, unlike those of other countries, don’t count against it
Meet the DNC dark horse: Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is shaking up the race for Democratic chair
Matthew Sheffield
In a race split between big names, gay small-town mayor and Afghan war vet Pete Buttigieg is now a contender
The new patriotism: Loving America and resisting President Trump, a one-man 9/11
Frida Berrigan
A lesson on how to fall back in love with your country, even in times of instability
Blind cleric behind 1990s terror plots dies in US prison
BRIAN MELLEY, LEE KEATH
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, aka "the Blind Sheik", died in prison Saturday serving life sentence for terrorist plans
“We should be working more with the Mexicans”: Former “border czar” shares real facts about immigration
Sebastian Rotella
Alan Bersin says a border wall won’t address the real challenges confronting the U.S. border enforcement system
How President Trump is influencing the Bowe Bergdahl trial
Jonathan Drew
Bergdahl's lawyers say he can't get a fair trial because the president called him a "traitor"
Unnecessary fighting south of the border: Mexico should ask Trump to pay for the drug war
Jonathan Marshall
Mexico has some leverage if Trump tries to play rough with tariffs and trade
Our man in the Middle East: The confusing worldview of Trump aide Derek Harvey
Steven A. Cook
Col. Derek Harvey has more mainstream views on Islam than Gen. Michael Flynn — but he still has strange baggage
Obama’s lethal deportation machine: Trump’s anti-immigration measures are intense, but nothing new
Sarah Lazare
“We have to remain vigilant of what Obama’s actual policies were, and not just pay attention to the rhetoric"
Americans don’t think other world leaders like President Trump, either
Matthew Rozsa
One year ago, most Americans thought the rest of the world liked them. Now, not so much
President Trump does not have a concrete governing strategy
Julie Pace
On foreign policy, Trump is still speaking in his campaign language
Steve Bannon’s war with Islam: Trump may not even understand his adviser’s apocalyptic vision
Jalal Baig
Bannon has long yearned for a civilizational conflict between the West and the Muslim world. Now he may get it
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