Afghanistan war

Marine Corps Cpl. Greg Whalen peered across barbed wire, overlooking chaos below the wall. He was guarding Hamid Karzai International Airport, days before America withdrew its last troops from Afghanistan. “We’ve got thousands of people…

Was 9/11 the beginning of the end for America? In the 22 years since the attacks, I’ve begun to worry that the answer to that question is “yes.” It spawned the worst and most destructive foreign policy in the country’s history. The…

I left for a weekend mountain-climbing trip early this past Saturday, blissfully out of cell range and cut off from the outside world for nearly two full days. That Friday evening before I left, there were reports that the security…

Rather than hold political leadership accountable, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed the U.S. military for the Afghanistan stalemate, during a Thursday press conference. Psaki said, “We’re not going to have a ‘mission…