Afghanistan Was Lost Long Ago
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – If we go beyond the hysterics, accusations and posturing that followed the...
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US Leaving Afghanistan Is About Politics, Not Geopolitics
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – Here we go. After some debate within his administration, President Joe Biden...
U.S. Surrender In Afghanistan
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The historic news is buried in short articles inside major newspapers. If...
America Lost Its Ill-Conceived War in Afghanistan
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The longest American war is finally coming to an (unhappy) end. America...
Can U.S. Fight Insurgencies? The new policy aimed at further reducing civilian casualties means fewer strikes
WASHINGTON – Under pressure, the Obama administration released the estimated number of civilians killed (unintentionally) in the course of...
Orlando Shooting Strengthens Trump’s Position On Muslims If this indeed about Islamic terror, Trump's anti-Muslim positions seem more reasonable
WASHINGTON – In a U.S. presidential campaign that is and will be dominated by emotional slogans and over simplified...
NATO Is Indeed Obsolete Thee old Atlantic Alliance has no strategic rationale and very few military means
WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Alliance, or NATO, is an old security arrangement (founded in 1949) that no longer has...
Afghanistan Among The Most Corrupt Countries In The World This war-torn country tops the Transparency International Corruption list. Massive amounts of foreign aid made things worse
WASHINGTON – Remember Afghanistan? Yes, that sorry nation in Asia, sandwiched between Iran and Pakistan. Presidential candidate Barack Obama,...
Obama Talks About Gun Violence In Order To Avoid Embarrassing Issues While major crises pile on, with a clever move the President got everybody to focus on his modest gun control initiative
WASHINGTON – I’ve got to hand it to President Obama. He is a really capable politician. And probably the...
Sargent Bowe Bergdhal Charged With Desertion President Obama had told us that he was a war hero
WASHINGTON – Remember Sargent Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who had been a Taliban prisoner for 5 years and then...