Gen. John Nicholson
The Folly Of Peace Without Victory In Afghanistan
- Afghanistan
- Counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine
- deadline
- Donald Trump
- Gen. John Nicholson
- Gen. Joseph Votel
- H.R. McMaster
- Iraq
- ISIS
- Islamists
- James Mattis
- John McCain
- NSC Principals Committee
- Obama
- peace negotiations
- Pentagon
- psyops
- Sharia supremacy
- State Department
- Syria
- Taliban
- Ummah
- War on Terror
- Western Enlightenment
The Taliban in Afghanistan and ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and its offshoots elsewhere around the world, do not desire any kind of “peace” except the peace of the Ummah – the peace of the worldwide reign of Islam.
Afghanistan Is President Trump’s War Now: Fighting Without Purpose Or End
The president presented escalation as a means to redeem the lives of those who have already died. Economists call this the fallacy of sunk costs. Those who have died cannot be resurrected. The best way to honor the dead is to send no more to die needlessly.
Time for U.S. To Leave Afghanistan
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
- Afghanistan
- al-Qaeda
- ANDSF
- David Adesnik
- Donald Trump
- Gen. John Nicholson
- George W. Bush
- humanitarian missions
- John Sopko
- Kabul
- Osama Bin Laden
- Pakistan
- Rule of Law Index
- SIGAR
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
- Taliban
- U.S. military
- World Justice Project survey
It would be wonderful if the U.S. could create a liberal future for Afghans who desire to escape the past. But that task is beyond Washington’s capabilities and cannot justify expending more American lives and monies.