War

The war in Afghanistan's been going on for eleven years. I like to quote my friend Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer (ret.), author of Operation Dark Heart, who says "[w]e won the war in 2001; with 500 Americans in three months, the war in Afghanistan was won." Since then it's been an open-ended, undefined mission of nation-building masquerading as counter terrorism. President Obama failed in his attempt to extend the Iraq War and since ordering a surge in Afghanistan in 2009, more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel were killed. The total American war dead hit 2,000 this year. Below are some of my articles & blog posts on the war for Reason. If I can find my op-eds from The Setonian circa 2001-2002, I'll add them as well.

2,000 American Soldiers Dead in Afghanistan, We've Crossed This Milestone Before - October 1, 2012

"There's something really wrong with what's happening in Afghanistan now”; How Do You Ask Someone to be the Last Person to Die For a Mistake? - September 30, 2012

Losing the War in Afghanistan - September 25, 2012

At Least Some of the Protests in Afghanistan Were Over 8 Women Killed in a NATO Airstrike - September 17, 2012

Afghanistan 11 Years Later - September 11, 2012

Forty Years Ago at the Democratic Convention: Democrats, War & Intervention - September 6, 2012

Can Clint Eastwood Bring the Troops Home from Afghanistan? - August 31, 2012

It's Tuesday and There is a War Going on in Afghanistan - August 21, 2012

U.S. Underreporting Afghan Attacks on Coalition Forces - April 30,2012