For the good of their party and the country, congressional Democrats should investigate the agreement that led to chaos in Afghanistan.
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After Afghanistan Withdrawal, Biden Lashes Out at Critics
His speech ending the war was a giant pushback against the foreign policy elite who’ve had it wrong from the start.
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How Jimmy Carter Started America’s Afghanistan Folly
Some forgotten history goes a long way toward explaining our longest war.
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Wars Can Be Won. Permanent Occupations Cannot.
Why Joe Biden’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan was not a “defeat” or a “surrender.”
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The Journalists for U.S. Media Getting Left Behind in Afghanistan
Hundreds of employees for a federal agency that broadcasts news are stranded in the war-torn country. And the government won’t say what is being done to get them to safety.
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The Media’s Premature Verdict on Biden’s Afghanistan Pullout
No, it has not been a failure, as most coverage would have you think. The administration and military have already accomplished far more than the punditry class recognizes.
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New Kabul Scare: Terror Groups and Anti-Aircraft Missiles
No one knows the number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles left behind in Kabul. But the DoD-linked RAND Corp estimated 4,500 last year.
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“If Killing People Would Win This, We’d Have Won a Long Time Ago”
Conducting U.S. foreign policy through the military didn’t work in Afghanistan, and won’t likely work anyplace else.
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Afghanistan Meant Nothing
A veteran reflects on 20 wasted years.
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The Afghan Friends We Leave Behind
For loyalty to U.S. troops, translators and others shouldn’t pay with their lives.
