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Summary and Key Points: On the eve of the 2003 Iraq invasion, Gen. James Mattis issued a directive that would define his career: “Engage...
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Summary and Key Points: On the eve of the 2003 Iraq invasion, Gen. James Mattis issued a directive that would define his career: “Engage...
Synopsis: Military Quote of the Day by President Obama: Key Points – In a 2002 Chicago speech, then–Illinois state senator Barack Obama warned against...
The failure to respond forcefully to terrorist provocations or to show weakness in the face of terrorism, such as we did in our chaotic...
Once again, sadly for the West and for the Afghan people, Afghanistan has proved itself to be the Graveyard of Empires.
The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released a report on Monday that laid bare many of the reasons for the spectacular collapse...
Speaking at a forum in Uzbekistan last month, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared, “Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism. I don’t have...
Is the Littoral Combat Ship Done? After 9/11, during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers had an important mission. There...
Expert to 19FortyFive: "You can't win a war when the objectives set by our political leaders aren't even militarily attainable tasks."
Expert: "To stay longer would have increased the number of U.S. casualties and delayed the inevitable."
19FortyFive asked nine top experts a simple question: Was the fall of Afghanistan inevitable? Here is what they told us.