When the idea of replacing U.S. troops in Afghanistan with mercenaries was first proposed, Defense Secretary James Mattis said, rather generously, that “it was not a wise idea.” In fact, it’s a crackpot scheme that refuses to die, mostly because of Prince’s connections to the Trump White House. Prince is on good terms with the...
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Autopsy of America’s Undeniable Failure in Afghanistan
In War on the Rocks, Jason Dempsey, an Afghan war veteran and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, dissects how the United States lost the war that is has supposedly been winning for the last 17 years. We blamed the Afghans. These failures of the Afghan security forces have been attributed to the...
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Fact Check: War in Afghanistan, By the Numbers
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is 17 years old today (October 7, 2018). Official pronouncement about “progress” and “turning the corner” are inevitable and, at this point, incredible. Veteran correspondent Mark Thompson of the Project on Government Oversight, takes a more realistic approach in a new report, The Afghan War…By the Numbers. My favorite stat concerns...