Greg Jaffe
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Why the United States can’t quit its wars (opens the original)
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A US military helicopter over Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2021. Photo / Jim Huylebroek, The New York Times The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran. For much of the Afghanistan War, the only thing harder for the United States than winning was quitting. The country’s longest war ended in chaos and defeat five years ago Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans, desperate to escape Taliban insurg
Pete Hegseth’s purge of top generals leaves the US Army rudderless (opens the original)
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The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones. A series of firings and feuds initiated by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has left the US Army essentially rudderless as it struggles to deal with the threat posed by cheap, deadly drones and missiles that have pounded US bases in the Middle East. The Army has not had a chief of staff, the service’s top officer, since Hegseth fired General Randy George without explanation in April, and the
An admiral’s rise reveals the politics driving Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — Adm. Daryl Caudle saw an opening to land the Navy’s top job last year, and he seized it. Before Pete Hegseth had even been sworn in as defense secretary, Caudle, then the head of a major Navy training command, offered to help Hegseth prepare for his politically contentious Senate confirmation hearing, according to current and former defense officials. The outreach was a breach of military ethics, the officials said. Senior military officers are supposed to avoid any hint of partisan
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