Afghanistan – Page 3 – Schirach Report

Most Commentators Give Good Grades To Obama’s Foreign Policy – Yet The Record Is Unremarkable: Messy War In Afghanistan, Iran On Its Way To Get A Nuclear Weapon And Now A Wave Of Anti-American Protests Throughout The Muslim World

By Paolo von Schirach September 18, 2012 WASHINGTON – The established consensus among leading American foreign policy...

In An Opinion Piece Former Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice Outlined US Foreign Policy Priorities – Most Notable: Europe Hardly Mentioned At All – By This Incredible Omission We Can Conclude That The Atlantic Community Is As Good As Dead – No Obituary, But An Era Ended

By Paolo von Schirach July 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State and before that National...

In Chicago NATO Reaffirmed Its Role And The Willingness To Upgrade Its Forces – Very Nice, Except That It Is Not True, Given Shrinking Defense Budgets Across Europe

By Paolo von Schirach May 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – The big news out of the Chicago NATO...

US Government Released Documents Showing How Osama bin Laden Was A Spent Force At The Time Of His Killing In May 2011 – Getting Rid Of Him Was Good, But Not Much To Brag About

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/05/02/obama-did-not-need-to-fly-to-kabul-to-announce-new-afghanistan-policy-this-was-a-cheap-publicity-stunt-osamas-death-changed-little-in-this-conflict/ May 3, 2012 WASHINGTON – I stated (see link above)...

Obama Did Not Need To Fly To Kabul To Announce New Afghanistan Policy – This Was A Cheap Publicity Stunt – Osama’s Death Changed Little In This Conflict

By Paolo von Schirach May 2, 2012 WASHINGTON – The connection between the killing of Osama bin...

Deranged US Soldier Shooting Civilians In Afghanistan Is Another Public Relations Blow – Americans Are Not Wanted, Relationship Weak – More To The Point, Large Military Presence Makes No Sense

By Paolo von Schirach March 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – Talk about the success of asymmetric warfare. Except...

After Quran Burning Riots, Less Support For Afghanistan War In Washington – Time To End This Occupation With No Purpose And Refocus On Fighting Terrorists

By Paolo von Schirach March 6, 2012 WASHINGTON – The Afghanistan $ 2 billion a week war...

Panetta Announced Early End Of US Combat Mission In Afghanistan, And the Strategic Rationale Is…? Not Clear At All – It Looks As If It Is Driven By The US Political Calendar: Better To Go Into A National Election With A Promise To End A War

By Paolo von Schirach February 4, 2012 WASHINGTON – What a mess in Afghanistan. Given the high...

Afghanistan Strategy Not Working – Counter Insurgency Effort Too Vast, Under Resourced – Refocus On Counter Terror, Reduce US Forces

By Paolo von Schirach January 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – What Imran Khan, former cricket star and now...

US Plans To Cut Defense Spending, Yet World Not At Peace – Iraq Is In Turmoil – Iran Threatening To Close The Straits Of Hormuz – Will Smaller US Forces Deter Enemies?

By Paolo von Schirach January 9, 2012, WASHINGTON – The Obama narrative to justify forthcoming drastic defense...