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War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

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    May 7, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  1. US weighs Syrian intervention, despite the consequences

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- The present debate in the United States over making policy for a Middle East that has been profoundly changed by the events of the past three years unhappily echoes past policies that failed. They were intended to promote democracy and usually...

    Tags: Africa, Yemen, Bashar Assad, NATO, Benjamin Netanyahu

    2. May 7, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Syrian intervention: Some questions

    WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions:
    WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions: Is human suffering the reason for the United States to act? That is the noblest and most altruistic of motives, and the estimated 70,...

    Tags: International Military Interventions, Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Weaponry, Afghanistan

    3. May 3, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. Fouad Ajami: Afghanistan shows Americans how not to fight wars

    In the unforgiving Afghan landscape, we have learned that you can't buy a warlord. You can only rent one. We owe this education to our man in Kabul, President Hamid Karzai.
    In the unforgiving Afghan landscape, we have learned that you can't buy a warlord. You can only rent one. We owe this education to our man in Kabul, President Hamid Karzai. For more than a decade, it has been recently confirmed, U.S. dollars packed into...

    Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), The New York Times, George W. Bush

    4. May 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Getting less for our money in Afghanistan

    Among all the bizarre actions which have constituted U.S. foreign policy, one stands out today as particularly bizarre and counterproductive. Over the past 10 years, the CIA has given Afghan President Hamid Karzai bags full of money totaling millions of...

    Tags: The New York Times, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Central Intelligence Agency

    5. Apr 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Global Voices: Author reflects on thwarted Afghanistan invasions

    “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”
    “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Nowhere has that admonishment by 18th century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke been ignored with such disastrous consequences as in Afghanistan. The imperial British...

    Tags: National Government, Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Separation of Church and State, Afghanistan

    6. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. New Bush Library, same old Bush record

    It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For their service to this country, we are indebted to each one of them.
    It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For their service to this country, we are indebted to each one of them. It'...

    Tags: George H.W. Bush, John Adams, Finance, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch

    7. Apr 9, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  7. Anonymous murder from a safe distance

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- War is war and murder is murder. The law draws the distinction. The American armed drone is a weapons system of war, not of policemen. And even if it were a police weapon (as it may, one fears, become in the future), the United States...

    Tags: White House, National Government, Military Equipment, NATO, Saudi Arabia

    8. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work

    CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's only regular occupant: a stray dog.
    CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...

    Tags: National Government, Kabul (Afghanistan), NATO, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

    9. Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  9. Hagel's challenge

    Jules Witcover
    WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts Wednesday before the National Defense University, the government's...

    Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Jules Witcover, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Department of Defense

    10. Mar 13, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Bad to worse in Afghanistan

    <span style="font-size: small;">Over 11 years, the United States has expended more than 2,000 lives and $620 billion fighting the war in Afghanistan and supporting the government of President Hamid Karzai. And what have we accomplished?</span>
    Over 11 years, the United States has expended more than 2,000 lives and $620 billion fighting the war in Afghanistan and supporting the government of President Hamid Karzai. And what have we accomplished? You can get an idea from Karzai's statement...

    Tags: National Government, Taliban, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Government

    11. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination

    Sen. <a href="#" data-topic-id="PEPLT007915">Rand Paul</a> (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of <a href="#" data-topic-id="PECLB000652">John Brennan</a>&rsquo;s nomination to lead the <a href="#" data-topic-id="ORGOV000009">CIA</a>. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the <a href="#" data-topic-id="PLCUL000110">White House</a>'s policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and ending at 12:39 a.m. EST Thursday.
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...

    Tags: Arbitration, Military Equipment, Freedom of the Press, Espionage and Intelligence, Al-Qaeda

    12. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. Boyne City man injured in Afghanistan receives medal

    BOYNE CITY -- At its worst, rockets, bullets or grenades would rain from the sky daily, leaving men and women burned, wounded by shrapnel or dead.
    BOYNE CITY -- At its worst, rockets, bullets or grenades would rain from the sky daily, leaving men and women burned, wounded by shrapnel or dead. Afghanistan is a brutal, but also a beautiful place, said David Fierstien, reflecting on the four years...

    Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Taliban, U.S. Army, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan

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