Dear Brothers in Arms, Your time in-country and your personal sacrifices have not been in vain. You made a big difference. What you have done in Afghanistan will be remembered fondly by many, if not most, of the country’s inhabitants…
Washington — How could a comic figure from the world of politics such as President Joe Biden suddenly become such a tragic figure on the American scene? One minute he is bringing all civilized observers to laughter by saying to…
Our ignominious defeat in the 20-year Afghan War is a lost battle in the “Great Game” of the 21st century. It is a struggle for control or denial of control of the vast geographical region of Central Asia. It resembles,…
Joe Biden declared the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a success. That is somewhat akin to General Custer saying, “we have the Indians right where we want them.” Biden also said he accepts responsibility for what happened, but then he blamed…
Before he became president, stories about now-President Joe Biden phoning friends and even strangers to offer comfort after deaths in their family were legendary. Having endured the awful deaths of a wife and baby daughter in 1972 and elder son…
For the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, the Taliban flag will fly over Kabul. It is shocking to behold. This is not what anyone expected in November 2001, when U.S. troops removed the Taliban after a five-year period when…
“Mission accomplished.” “The greatest evacuation in human history.” “We did what we came to do.” Our nation’s longest war, a war my generation grew up with, is “over” according to President Joe Biden almost 20 years after it began. Twenty…
Washington — Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time secretary of defense, advisor to presidents, and three-term member of Congress, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on August 23 after a stately ceremony in the cemetery’s large chapel. His friends and associates filled…
