Biden Says He Wants War Authorizations Repealed
Just keep an eye on the small print. The wars might officially end while still allowing inappropriate military meddling.
Just keep an eye on the small print. The wars might officially end while still allowing inappropriate military meddling.
The 33-year-old successor to Justin Amash's House seat says his party has abandoned limited government, economic freedom, and individualism.
The Biden administration should take advantage of the opportunity to cut our losses instead of continuing the forever war.
We have an agreement to pull out by May. We should honor it regardless of the state of the country.
Some doable libertarian ideas for the new president
For some, Trump’s troop drawdowns are too fast and too much. In reality, they’re too little and way too late.
Let’s not let fears of “Trump loyalists” overshadow positive outcomes.
Trump saying he wants to end the war in Afghanistan is a good thing. It would be better if he followed through on his rhetoric.
The president promised that any attack by Iran against the United States would be met with a response "1,000 times greater in magnitude!"
Trump even vetoed a bill that would stop him from military action in Iran without congressional approval.
"The best aspect of the Trump foreign policy is that he has revealed the mind of the foreign policy establishment," says historian Thaddeus Russell. "The worst part... he's a mass murderer just like the rest of them."
Boys skateboard in the streets of Kabul, one student explains in the documentary, but girls would risk reprisals for daring to do so.
We should reduce the number of troops anyway.
Left unspecified: how many U.S. troops would be coming home, and when
"Most of the [indicators] of measuring success are now classified, or we don't collect it," the special inspector general for the Afghanistan reconstruction told a Senate committee.
President Donald Trump's schizophrenic approach to foreign policy was on full display during his State of the Union address tonight.
Civilian deaths are also on the rise, and it's increasingly obvious that there is no clear strategy for the U.S. to "win" its longest military conflict.
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History shows that expertise is not the same as wisdom.
It's hard to compete for attention with the ongoing impeachment proceedings, but the "Afghan Papers" should cause heads to roll (or explode).
Bernie Sanders knocked the former veep for supporting the Iraq War, while Pete Buttigieg promised to mostly withdraw the troops.
Despite a change in administrations, U.S. foreign policy in the 2010s stayed its wasteful, destructive course.
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Pentagon brass, who urged the president not to issue these orders, fear that the president's actions will undermine the system of military justice.
The Kentucky senator makes the case for less American military involvement abroad.
Tulsi Gabbard and Stossel discuss war, drug legalization, and government spending.
Washington's priority should be ending America's role in this fight.
The war on terror leaves more dead civilians in its wake.
Sen. Warren: "The problems in Afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by the military."
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No single spending item is going to solve America's $22 trillion national debt, but every little bit of wasteful spending makes the tough problems more difficult to solve.
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Buttigieg calls for three-year sunset on military force authorizations.
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If the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are any indication, the move would be a disaster.
The presidential candidate wants to end wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and levy a "war tax" for every future conflict.
It's not likely to get anywhere in the Senate, but consider it progress.
A never-ending war may mean a life sentence for being classified as an enemy combatant.
The police conducted two searches in two days to track down who is leaking things leaders don’t want the public to know.
There is no military solution to be had. It's time to simply come home.
The libertarian-leaning senator also discusses his long, uphill fight to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.
Also: Listen to Daniel Drezner talk World War III, and Nomiki Konst, Ben Dreyfuss, and Harry Enten discuss Joe Biden.
Miles Lagoze: "They weren't really watching an 18-year-old Combat Camera kid and where he was going, what he was filming."
O'Rourke has long been a critic of U.S. intervention abroad.
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