New report: Post-9/11 US airstrikes killed upwards of 48,000 civilians
The findings come as a separate study estimates the US has so far spent $8 trillion.
The findings come as a separate study estimates the US has so far spent $8 trillion.
For President Bush, the only option was revenge, but an alternative path was available.
Billions of dollars of US materiel is now in the Taliban’s hands; but which leader will be taken to task for it, or for anything?
The former general joins a chorus of calls to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely with broad assumptions that there will be no costs.
Congress has abdicated its constitutional role, helping mire the US in endless conflicts around the world.
The findings come amid calls in Washington for the US to remain in Afghanistan indefinitely.
And how seeing its origins in Cold War geopolitics can help us avoid future disasters.
There are too many careers and too much money tied to American power projection. So expect it to shift, not recede from the stage.
The Afghanistan withdrawal should be just the first step in a wider push to draw down the US military presence in the greater Middle East.
The term moral injury identifies a deep existential pain destroying the lives of too many active-duty personnel and vets.
Unfortunately it’s no surprise the White House hasn’t even remarked, much less justified recent actions in Afghanistan and Somalia.
The move only serves to reinforce America’s forever wars.
The American interests at stake are unclear and Congress hasn’t provided authorization.
If Congress wants to vote on a new war against Iran, it should summon the political courage to do so.
Biden’s recent strikes in Iraq and Syria highlight the need to revisit, and reorient, the so-called ‘Lippmann Gap.’
It will take much more than repealing AUMFs to stop the president from making unilateral decisions to wage war.
A new study finds a disturbing trend. This military wife and mother says families aren’t always getting the help they need.
A recent DOD report shows how incomplete accounting leaves victims with no recourse to redress.
Humanitarian groups also wonder why victims’ families have not been compensated.
Interestingly, the top ‘foreign policy’ priorities are ones that affect people domestically, including jobs and immigration.
We stand almost exactly where we did nearly 50 years ago: leaving a failed war behind with little to show for it but pain and regret.