- Washington’s War in Afghanistan Is Over. What Happens Now? - President Biden was right to withdraw US troops. But we should have no illusion that this will end the war for Afghans https://www.thenation.com/article/world/washington-afghanistan-taliban-women/ 19 comments politics
- Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington). At home and abroad, whether judging by airline pilots or Washington’s war policy, Americans seem remarkably incapable of doing anything other than repeating the same self-defeating acts, as if they had never happened before. http://www.truth-out.org/bored-death-afghanistan-and-washington/1305822590 3 comments politics
- Fears are growing in Washington that the nine-year Afghan War may be lost. American popular opinion has turned against the war. The Pentagon fears a failure in Afghanistan will humiliate the US military and undermine America’s power. In short, just what happened to the Soviet Union. http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis208.html 186 comments politics