Sean Illing, VOX: America’s former envoy to Afghanistan says the war can’t be won
Trump is right to be careful about doubling down on America’s longest war.
Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, wants to send a few thousand more troops to the country, which currently has 8,400 American forces largely engaged in training and advising activities. The nonmilitary wing of his national security team, led by chief strategist Steve Bannon, is resisting McMaster’s plan, viewing it as a continuation of a failed approach that has cost the US more than 2,000 soldiers dead and over a trillion dollars.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 1, 2017
North Korea’s new ICBMs change little about threat to the US -- Robert McCoy, Asia Times
Give Up on Denuclearizing North Korea -- Jon Wolfsthal, Defense One The Atlantic
After North Korean Missile Test, South Korean President Takes a Stance -- Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, FPRI
ICBM tests force South Korea to get tough on North -- Julian Ryall, DW
Japan’s security: bigger problems than a defense minister -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
Freedom and Fear: India and Pakistan at 70 -- Pippa Virdee, The Diplomat
Chinese history tells us: Never stop fighting till the fight is done -- Minxin Pei, Nikkei Asian Review
To Counter Russia, Strengthen China -- Oleg Svet, RCD
Putin’s shock therapy may help Trump bury the Russia story -- M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Vladimir Putin to America: You've Let Me Down -- Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic
Sending 'Defensive' Arms to Ukraine Would Be Deadly -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
What will happen to Raqqa after ISIL? -- Mariya Petkova, Al Jazeera
Trump’s plan for Mideast peace fades -- Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Venezuela Abandons Any Claim to Democracy -- Bloomberg editorial
Corporate America's nightmare run in Venezuela -- Patrick Gillespie, CNN
How to Know If John Kelly Is Really in Charge -- Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg
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