Make no mistake, the US military will continue to thrive after Afghanistan
There are too many careers and too much money tied to American power projection. So expect it to shift, not recede from the stage.
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.
If diplomacy really is back, President Biden should reconsider ineffective economic penalties used to solve complex issues.
What would our world actually be like if you simply declared peace and came home?
The sunk cost fallacy has mired the US in endless conflict.
The “Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program” has done more harm than good and wasted taxpayer dollars.
These destructive weapons continue to kill decades after formal cessations of hostilities.
The administration is applying greater oversight across the range of military operations. Such oversight does not imply the end of the endless wars.
The US can park its military gear and instead help foment structures of good governance.