War On Terror
The War on Terror Playlist: Here’s What U.S. Troops Listened to on Deployment
Military.com recently conducted a fascinating inquiry amongst Global War on Terror veterans, asking ‘What Songs Defined Your Military Service During the Global War on Terror?’ “What songs defined your service...
Joe Biden’s WIthdrawal from Afghanistan Will Haunt Him Forever
President Biden said he ended the war in Afghanistan. In truth he abandoned it. Over 20 years, 800,000 young Americans did their duty to country by serving in Afghanistan. Of those, 20,000 were wounded,...
The Iraq War’s Worst Legacy: Endless Confrontation With Iran
This month marks twenty years since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003. The bloodshed that followed cost Iraq and America dearly. Yet there was a winner in the chaos:...
Good Riddance to the War on Terror
The occasion did not get much attention, but December 31 marked the end of what came to be called the “war on terrorism” (or alternatively, the “war on terror,” the...
Will Congress Finally Repeal the 2002 AUMF?
Twenty years ago this week, President George W. Bush signed the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution into law, empowering his office to “defend the national security...
Al Shabaab Founder Killed by U.S. Airstrike in Somalia
The government of Somalia announced over the weekend that Abdullahi Nadir, a Somali Islamist extremist and one of the co-founders of the Al Shabaab terror group, had been killed following...
PMCs Can Win the War on Terror in Africa
Africa is in a bad way but how bad is not well reported. The Obama and Trump administrations largely ignored the continent, preferring to focus their attention on Asia. Barack...
Afghanistan’s Terrorist Threats to America Are Growing
One year after the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration faces a complex counterterrorism challenge. The successful U.S. strike in July 2022 that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman...
What the Zawahiri Strike Means for the Future of Drone Warfare
The successful drone strike on Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri offers reveals two distinct yet interwoven realities. Not only does the strike remind Americans that the threat of terrorism and...
The MQ-9 Reaper Drone Is Getting a Second Chance at Life (And War)
The highly lethal MQ-9 Reaper drone will live to surveil, attack, and fight into the future with both the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force. While funding for the Reaper...
Guantanamo Bay Remains a Moral Stain on America
The United States has failed miserably to get its act together in disposing of the cases of men imprisoned in the detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in...
Russo-Ukrainian War Reveals How the West Still Gets the Middle East Wrong
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has rightfully aroused feelings of sympathy from across the world. But with the intensive news coverage came the unexpected phenomenon of war correspondents and interviewees endeavoring...