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The CIA spent four years trying to overthrow the Syrian government. It failed. But a former leader of Al Qaeda might do it in a few weeks.
The CIA spent four years trying to overthrow the Syrian government. It failed. But a former leader of Al Qaeda might do it in a few weeks.
Establishment hawks will be running the State Department and National Security Council, but Trump has peppered in some antiestablishment mavericks too.
Mike Waltz has called for a “credible military option” against Iran, wants to “take the handcuffs off” Ukraine, and regrets ending the "multi-generational war" in Afghanistan.
Even without Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley, the Trump administration still could be heading for regime change in the Middle East.
While the former congressman cares a lot about war powers, he has often flip-flopped on actually enforcing Congress’ red lines.
The wars aren’t over. America is still fighting—directly and indirectly—in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
The close Trump ally tried to argue that more aggressive U.S. policy in the Middle East would help the U.S. get out of the Middle East.
Washington quietly funded Israeli-Iranian proxy wars for years. Now American men and women are directly involved.
President Biden said that we will “do all we can to protect Israel’s security” after Israel killed an Iranian general.
In Statelet of Survivors, Amy Austin Holmes shows why the Syrian Kurdish revolution is no longer just for Kurds.
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U.S. officials ritualistically tout their respect for Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but every U.S. president over the last three decades has bombed Iraq in some way.
When government relief efforts fail, individuals step up.
Our troops are just sitting there with targets on their backs. Why?
Sometimes he calls for freedom, and sometimes he preaches something darker.
Four years after IS was officially defeated, the U.S. continues to keep hundreds of troops in Syria to fight the vanquished terrorist group.
Politicians in Syria, Turkey, and the United States are getting in the way of relief efforts.
If the combat mission is over in the Middle East, Biden should follow—and make permanent—more cautious drone guidelines.
He claims he'll be "the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without U.S. troops engaged in a combat mission there." But that's not true.
Piling on sanctions and blocking other countries' reconstruction efforts will only punish the Syrian people.
Critics are right to point out that some Western nations are treating Ukrainian refugees better than those fleeing similar horrific situations elsewhere. But the right way to address the problem is to increase openness to other refugees, not exclude Ukrainians.
Multiple children died in the raid, but so did the leader of ISIS—which makes the operation “successful” in the Pentagon’s book.
Biden rightly stuck to his guns when he defended the long-overdue U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but he fails to apply the same logic elsewhere.
A new, heavily investigated report shows a Pentagon uninterested in correcting its deadly errors.
Keeping American boots on the ground means keeping them in harm's way.
Repeal would do little to change how Congress and the president collaborate—or don't—on military operations.
Whistleblowers and publishers are crucial for keeping government officials reasonably honest.
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Urban Democrats may be leading the charge, but Republicans, too, have enlisted.
I argue that the recent air strike was legal, but overall US military intervention in Syria still lacks required congressional authorization. Biden may be trying to change that; but history gives reason for skepticism.
This initiative might help restore congressional control over war authorization. But there is reason for skepticism that it will pan out.
Just keep an eye on the small print. The wars might officially end while still allowing inappropriate military meddling.
The strike was probably legal (as were similar small-scale strikes by Trump). But there are serious constitutional problems with the overall US military presence in Syria.
Trump brought chaos to a region already on the brink, and the unintended consequences of his actions will reverberate for years to come.
The Kurds of Northern Syria are trying something different, for better or worse.
American troops are risking their lives to defend Syrian oil fields, but U.S. law is stopping anyone from using the oil. One man tried to “fix” the situation—or was it a con?
"Intervention after intervention hasn't had the intended consequence. We've got more chaos."
The Kentucky senator makes the case for less American military involvement abroad.
The senator took a lot of heat five years ago for being anti-interventionist in Syria yet pro-war against ISIS.
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The mishandling of the Syrian withdrawal appears to have created less stability in Syria and considerably weakened Trump's ability to dictate foreign policy—a situation where actually bringing the troops home now seems even more farfetched.
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"As president I will end these regime change wars."
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Trust in the media is at historic lows.
If Trump wants credit for ending wars in the Middle East, he'll have to actually reduce the number of Americans deployed there.
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