Morning Jolt: Unveiling the ‘Pentagon Papers’ of the War in Afghanistan

Hey, did you enjoy last week's burst of good news? Well, sorry, today brings none of that. Instead, we've got grim revelations about the effectiveness of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan; the country's still evenly divided on impeachment; Chairman Nadler just tosses out his old views on impeachment from 1998; and a question of whether contempt is a side-dish or the main course in what political parties serve up these days.

Off the Record, U.S. Officials Acknowledge our Strategy in Afghanistan Is “Fatally flawed”

For the past few years, I've periodically checked in with the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, as several times a year they unveil a massive, in-depth review or study that generally uncovers bad news: major problems in the Afghan government's ability to pay for basic services, the Afghan military's ability to operate and ...

December 09 2019

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Unveiling the 'Pentagon Papers' of the War in Afghanistan Jim Geraghty Hey, did you enjoy last week's burst of good news? Well, sorry, today brings none of that. Instead, we've got grim revelations about the effectiveness of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan; the country's still evenly divided on impeachment; Chairman Nadler just tosses out his old views on impeachment from 1998; and a question of whether contempt is a side-dish or the main course in what political parties serve up these days. Off the Record, U.S. Officials Acknowledge our Strategy in Afghanistan Is “Fatally flawed” For the past few years, I've periodically checked in with the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, as several times a year they unveil a massive, in-depth review or study that generally uncovers bad news: major problems in the Afghan government's ability to pay for basic services, the Afghan military's ability to operate and ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Sexism Isn't Why Warren Is Falling Alexandra DeSanctis The best explanation for Warren's decline is her Medicare for All plan itself, and her drop in the polls is clearly correlated with its rollout. Reflections on the 'Revolution' of 1989 A. Wess Mitchell However momentous the changes of 1989 may have been in human terms, in constitutional terms they embodied the restoration of a Western legal and civic order to lands from which it had been uprooted. Supreme Court Upholds Kentucky Law Requiring Abortionists to Describe Ultrasound to Woman Mairead McArdle The Supreme Court allowed a Kentucky abortion law to stand that requires an abortionist to describe the ultrasound image to the mother ADVERTISEMENT Legal Actions Led to Trump's Impeachment Deroy Murdock Impeachment is a political, not a legal, process. That said, no violations of the law have been identified. U.S. Officials Misled Public about Progress in Afghanistan: 'The American People Have... Mairead McArdle Newly revealed government documents show that senior U.S. officials painted an overly optimistic picture of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. ADVERTISEMENT What NR Is Reading The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free Rich Lowry Makes an original and compelling case for nationalism . . . A fascinating, erudite—and much-needed—defense of a hallowed idea unfairly under current attack. — Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Photo Essays Santa Runs Best Photos of 2019: Landscapes ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.