Tag: al-Qaida
Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely...
Donald Trump will own the war in Afghanistan that bedeviled predecessors
President Donald Trump is vowing to win what has seemed to be an unwinnable war.
How he plans to do so is still murky despite...
First-known combat death since Donald Trump in office
It's been described as the greatest burden any commander in chief must bear.
Just days into his young presidency, a U.S. service member has died...
Donald Trump re-calibration: First act as President – ask Congress to...
In case you missed it, the U.S. has been fighting an unconstitutional, undeclared war against Islamic terrorist enemies around the globe since 9/11.
Its cost...
Ben Carson: Refugee program must screen for ‘mad dogs’
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Thursday that blocking potential terrorists posing as Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. is akin to handling a...
Martin Dyckman: The road to Middle East stability isn’t through war
Remember "freedom fries?"
That was how some Americans expressed their spite toward France when that nation, with vastly more experience than ours in the Middle...
GOP candidates divided over renewing USA Patriot Act
Republican senators eyeing the presidency split over the renewal of the USA Patriot Act surveillance law, with civil libertarians at odds with traditional defense...