The America First president just announced he’s escalating the Afghanistan war — and Trump’s Afghanistan plan looks a lot like Obama’s. Trump’s bold new Afghanistan strategy: Neither bold, nor new, nor a strategy (and more and more). America is out of ideas in Afghanistan: Only one thing was clear after President Trump’s vague speech — nobody knows what to do. “It’s a hard problem”: Inside Trump’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. Kelly Magsamen on how Afghanistan is now Trump’s war. Why did Trump flip-flop on Afghanistan? It’s the policy ignorance, stupid. Trump’s Afghanistan war plan: Fight forever and call it “victory”. As long as it makes him look good, Trump doesn’t really care what we do in Afghanistan.
Trump’s Afghanistan strategy makes new demands on India. Pakistan on Trump’s Afghanistan plan: Nope. The war can’t be won: Sean Illing interviews Laurel Miller, former Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Donald Trump’s base furious over broken Afghanistan campaign promises. Bannon’s Breitbart tears into Trump after Afghanistan speech. This is why that famous picture of women in 1970s Kabul is being shared again.
