A new book reveals the hubris and ignorance that turned the War on Terror into a disaster. The post In the Wake of Bush’s Failures appeared first on The American Conservative .
War War In the Wake of Bush’s Failures A new book reveals the hubris and ignorance that turned the War on Terror into a disaster. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images All the Presidents’ Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror, by Peter Bergen with David Sterman, W.W. Norton & Company, 401 pages. No one can forget seeing the Twin Towers collapse and the Pentagon burn. We were glued to televisions and radios before the advent of smartphones. We were terrified, confused, wounded, and, as the initial shock began to subside, vengeful. Our collective sense of safety…Open
Political leaders failed the troops and their families. Americans must wake up and demand better. The post Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, We Owe the Next Generation a Better Strategy appeared first on The American Conservative .
Military Military Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, We Owe the Next Generation a Better Strategy Political leaders failed the troops and their families. Americans must wake up and demand better. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images I remember September 11, 2001 clearly. Watching the attacks unfold on television while sitting in a classroom as a junior in high school, I immediately sensed the world had changed—but I didn’t know exactly how. My oldest sister was already serving on active duty in the U.S. Navy, and less than two years later, she would be deployed on a…Open
Taliban security personnel inspect a car destroyed in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province in late December. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP/Getty Images) Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published September 6, 2026 Pakistan and [...]
Yesterday marked five years since the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, ending nearly two decades of war. Now five years later, the leaders of the Taliban government there say they have brought security and stability to Afghanistan, even as the rights of women and girls remain under severe restriction and calls grow for more education and employment opportunities. Meanwhile, the International Rescue Committee is warning that the humanitarian situation on the ground is becoming dire as it gets harder to deliver resources to Afghan residents. The President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, joins Morning Joe with analysis.
The fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan falls as the nation’s citizens face a starkly different picture than when they first arrived in America, with the Trump administration employing numerous tactics to deport Afghans and halt the arrival of new refugees. Since President Trump returned to office, he has drastically curtailed the pathways [...]
