Afghanistan was a “20-year-lesson in how corrupt our leadership has become,” says journalist and Epoch Times columnist Lee Smith. In 2011, he authored “The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations.” “Did the United States go to [Afghanistan to] impose gender studies throughout Central Asia? … Or did it go to give…
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Afghanistan: Our Strategy Must Be Harder and Smarter
Commentary Kabul has fallen. Twenty years after Sept. 11, 2001, when Osama Bin Laden orchestrated the deaths of almost 3,000 people in the United States, and George W. Bush invaded Afghanistan to enforce the law against unrepentant terrorism by the Taliban and al-Qaeda, America’s mission in the country is coming to a humiliating end. For…
In Symbolic End to War, US General Departs Afghanistan
KABUL —The U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command at a ceremony on Monday and quietly left the country, a symbolic end to America’s longest conflict while Taliban terrorists gain momentum. Miller, America’s last four-star commander to serve on the ground in Afghanistan, climbed aboard a helicopter and lifted off from…
All Australian Troops Now Withdrawn From Afghanistan
Australian Defence Minster Peter Dutton has confirmed that all of the nation’s defence troops have now been withdrawn from Afghanistan. Dutton said there had been 1,500 troops in the country, which was recently reduced to 80, and now they have all been withdrawn under the advice of the chief of defence, earlier than the original…
Retired Marine Sergeant Reflects on Afghanistan War and Life Purpose
June 17, 2021
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—From a passionate young Marine who was ready to die for his country to a survivor of the Afghanistan War, retired U.S. Marine Sergeant, Povas Miknaitis, reflects on his experiences and his outlook on life. Having two older brothers who served in the Marine Corps and following the events of 9/11, Miknaitis made…
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