Rethink Afghanistan: Clinging to guns and counterinsurgency
The problem in Afghanistan is not picking the right or wrong counterinsurgency strategy, but picking any military strategy at all.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Tag Rethink Afghanistan
General McChrystal has no idea what’s going on in Afghanistan
McChrystal and Eikenberry's plan for measuring progress is absolutely required if we care at all about the truth in Afghanistan. However, the variable in this plan is not necessarily the ability to produce these assessments, but access to the reliable, accurate information sources which provide the backbone of these assessments.
Mujahideen Victory Day: Afghans still voiceless decades later
A US withdrawal does not mean abandoning the Afghans. Afghanistan suffers from too much foreign meddling, not a lack of it. And through all of it, the Afghans themselves remain completely helpless to the fate of their own country.
How many soldiers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Answer: Zero. The military shouldn't even be involved in Afghanistan. If we want to achieve our objectives in Afghanistan, we need sustainable, civilian-only solutions.
2010 Midterms: Jobs vs. Wars in California
California's budget crisis is actually much less than they're spending on the war in Afghanistan. $26 billion for the budget vs $38 billion for war. And what do they get for it? It's not better to live in California thanks to the war. It's actually getting much, much worse.