Everyone involved in Afghanistan policy has a stake in perpetuating the war until "victory." Whatever that means.
America and Afghanistan are ostensibly engaged in the same conflict, but may as well be fighting two separate wars.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has politicized intelligence for decades. Vietnam all over again.
General Petraeus is no Ulysses S. Grant.
What could be wrong with a little U.S. military aid to Yemen?
Karzai is grumbling about U.S. tactics again, even though he wants our forces to stay longer. Search and destroy, anyone?
Can a small pocket of Jewish Arabs in Yemen defuse the clash of civilizations? And what does that have to do with whether or not Obama is a Muslim?
We are stuck watching a rerun of reminders from past wars, pushing an emotionally scarred America headlong into another quagmire.
Forget North Korea. It's China that's challenging America.