OT Contributor Podcast: En Route Podcast with Dennis Sanders and Andrew Donaldson on Afghanistan
The latest episode of En Route Podcast from Ordinary Times contributor Dennis Sanders as he talks to OT’s own Andrew Donaldson about Afghanistan.
Tagged: Afghanistan
An American Exercise In Washing Our Hands of Afghanistan
Most Americans can now go back to their default positions on Afghanistan that preceded the Taliban taking the country: indifference.
A Just War or An Unjust Peace
So, the forever war is now over. But is the forever war done with us? We got out of Afghanistan. We got our peace. But was it a just peace?
The Fall of Saigon and the Afghanistan Moment
The fall of Saigon did not have the negative effect on American leadership that many observers believe Afghanistan may have on Biden
What The Biden Administration is Not Saying About Afghanistan Is Getting Louder
The disjointed and, frankly, lackadaisical public response of the Biden Administration to the events in Afghanistan begs some questions.
Thousands of US Troops Headed to Afghanistan To Cover Embassy Withdrawl
The Biden Administration can try to downplay, but the embassy actions say the fall of Kabul to the Taliban is coming sooner rather than later
Linky Friday: Among, But Not Of Edition
Linky Friday is Ordinary Times’ end of the week tradition of bringing you stories from around the world and across the interwebs to discuss
The United States Lost the War in Afghanistan
Neither Biden nor the media have portrayed this as defeat, but it is. The United States lost the War in Afghanistan
President Biden Sets Date For Afghanistan Exit, For Real This Time, Supposedly
We’ve heard it through three different administrations, but President Biden says he means it: America is getting out of Afghanistan
Three Questions About The Bergdahl Deal Answered
Three questions, all of which have easy, obvious answers. So why are we talking about this?
Waiting for Halabja
~by Creon Critic What exactly is the delay in formulating a comprehensive strategy to transition the Assad regime out of power in Syria? However reluctant President Obama is to get further involved in another...
Driving Blind: Afghanistan, Bombs, and Streaming Music
Adm. William McRaven, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, believes, “We are achieving in the SOF world probably the best results we’ve seen in many, many years.”
Everyone in Afghanistan suffers PTSD
I’m pretty sure that long before American troops set foot in the mountains of Afghanistan, that the people of that country already suffered from post-traumatic-stress-disorder. Another ten years of war stacked on top of...
Shooting spree illustrates why it’s time to end the war in Afghanistan
The latest tragedy in Afghanistan is still unfolding. An American soldier went on a shooting spree, killing sixteen civilians and wounding numerous others: “Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically...
The Retroactive Table of Contents : February 24 – March 2
Headline of the Week: My Year With Guns When he was eight years old Tod Kelly fired his first loaded gun and got a black eye, fired his first empty gun and felt...
When the Fourth Estate Fails
Reading the article by Eric Schmitt that ran in last Sunday’s New York Times under the headline, “Lull in Strikes by U.S. Drones Aids Militants in Pakistan,” one gets a sense of just how...
Some, Many, and Most
While flipping through yesterday’s New York Times I hit upon this piece which gave me pause. For a number of reasons it didn’t sit right with me, and I was happy to see Glen...
Strategy and politics in Afghanistan
I bridle at the contention – apparently endorsed by all but one of the Republican presidential candidates – that a bunch of unelected generals should be dictating foreign policy. If President Obama believes that...
Wars of plunder?
In an uncharacteristically silly post, Erik asserts that all wars are either defensive or driven by “plunder.” He also suggests that the United States’ invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were somehow motivated by a...
Prematurely Popping the McChrystal (w/ Updates)
This Rolling Stone article on Stanley McChrystal is causing a stir. An aide has already been fired and some are speculating McChrystal himself might be next on the chopping block. Like Spencer Ackerman I...
