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The U.S. Afghan (In)Security Pact
The security agreement signed in Kabul this week is being touted as a step toward stability and peace but it will likely bring neither. By allowing the U.S. to maintain military bases and forces in...
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A Somber Milestone in Afghanistan
This week the death toll of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan passed 2,000. As we mourn the loss of so many Americans, it is also important to remember the hundreds of service members from...
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Inside Attacks in Afghanistan
The insanity and horror of the war in Afghanistan are worsening. According to ABC News twenty U.S. soldiers have been killed there in the past two weeks. Ten of the soldiers were shot in cold blood by...
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Game Changers and Red Lines in Syria
I appreciate the good comments readers have made on my thoughts about the Syrian crisis. Here are further reflections on the latest developments: If the disclosure on Sunday by Carla Del Ponte of the...
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‘Carte Blanche’ for Unlimited War?
At an extraordinary hearing on Capitol Hill last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee debated whether the policy of open-ended U.S. military operations around the world known popularly as the ‘war...
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Falling Short: Obama’s Speech on Drones
President Obama’s address last week was a response to mounting public criticisms of U.S. counterterrorism and drone warfare policies and an indication of the importance of public engagement on these...
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Obama’s foreign policy ‘stuff’
The President’s West Point address on national security last week brought mostly skeptical responses. Typical was the New York Times comment that “after five and a half years and dozens of speeches …...
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The folly of bombing
If bombing were an effective way of ending terrorism and violent extremism, Afghanistan and Iraq now would be oases of tranquility. Pakistan would be a peaceful paradise. Israel would be safe and free...
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Democracy in Decline
Democracy and civil liberties have been diminishing all over the world in the past decade. This alarming trend has been thoroughly documented in recent years by the nongovernmental group Freedom House,...
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To the shores of Tripoli?
Pentagon officials are proposing air strikes and the use of special operations forces in Libya to counter the growing threat from ISIS. This potentially dangerous escalation of U.S. military...
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