In the wake of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, calls to impeach Biden have been coming from everywhere. In the past few weeks "Impeach Biden," "President Harris," and "Biden Resign Now" have all trended on Twitter. Representative Lauren...
The president delivered a good speech yesterday defending his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and end the U.S. war there. Here was the key point:So we were left with a simple decision: Either follow through on the commitment made by the last administration and...
More American troops in Afghanistan were killed in the August 26 suicide bombing of Hamid Karzai International Airport than all of 2020. The attack was perpetrated by a member of ISIL-Khorasan, an appendage of the Islamic State that was founded in 2015. Anytime an...
Stephen Wertheim makes a good case that Congress needs to take up its responsibilities in matters of war:Mr. Biden inherited this situation, but he need not perpetuate either the ongoing wars or the legal evasions that enable them. He could tell Congress this: It has...
On COI #155, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter update the situation in Afghanistan, including the aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport on August 26. President Joe Biden authorized two separate retaliatory drone strikes on what the government...
Nearly ninety former Generals and Admirals from the US Armed Forces have called for the resignation of the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley. The demand comes from the group Flag Officers 4 America...
After 20 years and countless thousands of deaths on both sides, it is time for the most difficult questions to be asked about the US war on Afghanistan. Did they all die in vain? Also today, with this war over, the Washington war machine is cranking up more enemy...
Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss the dual suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. As of the recording, at least 60 Afghans and 13 American soldiers were killed in the blasts. ISIS-K – a group of mostly non-Afghans...
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Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, reminded us this week just how blinkered the opponents of withdrawing from Afghanistan are:The alternative to withdrawal from Afghanistan was not “endless occupation” but open-ended presence. Occupation...
