The March Of Folly
The outsize US Military will always be a "first option" for US international relations, and until that is addressed, there will be more pointless wars, I mean "interventions." Since 1898, US interventions have been justified with 'democracy defense' and military spending accounts for almost half of its' discretionary spending....
Shaggy Warriors On Scooters And Donkeys II
President Biden did his job, not perfectly but in the end, effectively. With material and monetary aid being siphoned off to corruption, the only option was more American military presence basically to fight a war that the Afghans were unwilling to fight themselves, at least not in an organized way that was supported by credible...
Shaggy Warriors, In Scooters, and On Donkeys
The reason why US and NATO effort failed in Afghanistan, is overwhelming support among Afghan (and Pakistani) people for Taliban ideology and interpretation of Islam. Even most Afghan allies of US/NATO army are not any exception. America needs to rein-in their defense industry, their so-called foreign policy experts and defense think-tanks....
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