The Afghanistan government controls only about half of Afghanistan, 229 of 407 districts. Maybe because it is a bad news story, our Afghanistan War, the longest in our history, keeps slipping our minds, along with thoughts of the Americans still fighting there. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has issued a report […]
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How Peak Hype crashed Trump’s N Korea Summit/ Nobel Peace Prize
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A war crime pursued systematically, after a while, becomes a crime against humanity
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Historical experience predicts failure
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Review of Bernard Lewis’ “What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response”
What Went Wrong? is a very bad book from a usually very good author
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