ZABUL PATROL - U.S. Army soldiers walk along the bank of a stream looking for weapons caches while on patrol in Zabul province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William TremblayThe 30-Year War in Afghanistan -- George Friedman, Stratfor/Real Clear World
The Afghan War is the longest war in U.S. history. It began in 1980 and continues to rage. It began under Democrats but has been fought under both Republican and Democratic administrations, making it truly a bipartisan war. The conflict is an odd obsession of U.S. foreign policy, one that never goes away and never seems to end. As the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal reminds us, the Afghan War is now in its fourth phase.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama's muddled Afghan obsession -- Washington Times
Where Theories of Warfare Go to Die -- Robert Dreyfuss, Mother Jones
President Obama's detrimental deadlines -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post
'Russian spies' bungle was epic -- David Hearst, Guardian
Is Obama Failing Congo? -- Dana Goldstein, The Daily Beast
Obama's 5 foreign-policy victories -- Robert Kagan, Washington Post
Unfinished Business: For 65 years, Japanese corporations have escaped responsibility for abusing American POWs during World War II. -- Christian Caryl, Foreign Policy
Who's Weathering the Global Recession? -- Real Clear World