It's Time to leave Afghanistan
Like the overwhelming majority of conservative commentators, David Brooks of The New York Times has come out in favor of sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Underlying his perspective is a tacit, and utterly wrong, assumption: that winning in Afghanistan is crucial to U.S. foreign policy. More
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Afghanistan is Vietnam
American troops patrol in a far-off land. The crafters of American foreign policy in Washington have laid down an ultimatum. Though few Americans have any interest in this place, it will not be allowed to fall to the opposition, at any cost. Failure will result in an immediate threat to U.S. security. More