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Trump’s Secret Meeting With the Taliban

by Jack “President Donald Trump said Saturday that Taliban leaders were to travel to the US for secret peace talks this weekend but that the meeting has been canceled and he’s called off peace talks with the militant group entirely. … Continue reading

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Afghanistan – 17 years later and a Quick Look Back at Vietnam

by Jack Before we look at Afghanistan we need a quick review of another war, Vietnam.  Ho Chi Minh had approached Harry Truman in 1946 asking if the U.S. would help the Vietnamese evict the French, much as the Americans … Continue reading

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America’s Longest War – Talilban on the Rise Again

by Jack The following critical information is not being reported in the mainstream news because the media is too obsessed with dissecting Trump’s first 100 days. According to the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense (MoD), the army casualties have multiplied every … Continue reading

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Degrading the World’s Best Fighting Force

by Jack Most of our enlisted and officers know the integration of women into combat units is a bad idea, because it’s based on politics, not reality. Unfortunately, the “politicians in uniform” at the Pentagon don’t have the backbone to … Continue reading

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With Allies like Hamid Karzai Who Needs Enemies?

by Jack Did you hear the latest about Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai? This screwball wants to pardon a bunch of Afghan’s who were locked up for attacking US soldiers. Today’s headlines read, US Tries to Block Release of Dangerous Prisoners. … Continue reading

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