Afghanistan

Pete Buttigieg Destroys The Latest House GOP Abuse Of Power To Help Trump

Pete Buttigieg Destroys The Latest House GOP Abuse Of Power To Help Trump

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took apart the motives behind a House Republican report on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

2 months ago

Wait, What?: Graham Claims Personal Relationship With Biden Hit “Breaking Point” Over Afghanistan

Speaking to Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C. said his personal relationship with President Joe Biden hit a "breaking point"…

3 years ago

Trump Attacks Biden Over Afghanistan Mess He Caused in Rambling Fox News Interview

During an interview with Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, former President Donald Trump insisted that President Joe Biden's handling of…

3 years ago

Trump on Afghanistan: “We Should Have Hit That Country Years Ago… And Let It Rot”

Former President Donald Trump offered no solutions for what should have gone down in Afghanistan or how he would have…

3 years ago

Ben Sasse Claims Biden Administration Exhibited “Cowardice” over Afghanistan Withdrawal

Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.) has been one of the more prominent among the chorus of Republicans criticizing the Biden administration…

3 years ago

Lauren Boebert Claims U.S. Left Behind $85 Billion of Military Equipment to the Taliban. She is Wrong.

Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) claimed that the United States left behind $85 billion of military equipment to the Taliban amid…

3 years ago

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Stresses Administration’s Commitment to Getting Remaining Americans Out of Afghanistan

National security adviser Jake Sullivan stressed that President Joe Biden and his administration remain committed to getting Americans who've remained…

3 years ago

Republicans Looking to Add $25 Billion to Military Budget Even as Afghan War Ends

Congressional Republicans are looking to add $25 billion to the nation's military budget even as the war in Afghanistan, its…

3 years ago

OAN Host Christina Bobb: If You Are an American in Afghanistan, Ignore Terror Warnings and Go to The Airport

Before he left office, Donald Trump made a deal with the Taliban to leave Afghanistan. Once he took office, Joe…

3 years ago

WATCH: Chris Wallace Slams McConnell Over His Desire for Full Scale War in Afghanistan

Back in April of his year, nearly 70% of Americans agreed that it was time to pull troops from Afghanistan.…

3 years ago

Obama Issues “Heartbroken” Commemoration for Those Lost in Kabul Airport Attack

Former President Barack Obama commented on the Kabul airport attack, offering a "heartbroken" commemoration for those who were lost. 13…

3 years ago

Former CIA Agent Phil Mudd: A Better Plan to Leave Afghanistan Wasn’t Really Possible [VIDEO]

Today, 12 Marines were killed by an ISIS suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Republicans almost immediately went on the attack against…

3 years ago

Newsmax’s Steve Cortes: Even if We Promised Afghani Contractors Visas, We Shouldn’t Give Them to Them

The United States military was in Afghanistan for 20 years. And the forces couldn't operate in the region alone. The…

3 years ago

Pentagon Confirms There’s Been an Explosion at Kabul Airport

The Pentagon has confirmed that there's been an explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the site of the…

3 years ago

Betsy DeVos’ Mercenary Brother Erik Prince is Offering to Get Americans Out of Afghanistan for $6.5K Each

The Biden Administration has known that they would be pulling troops out of Afghanistan for months. The plans to do…

3 years ago

Steve Scalise Complains About Afghanistan After Democrats Pass Budget Blueprint

Representative Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House Minority Whip, criticized President Joe Biden after the House of Representatives passed a $3.5…

3 years ago

Former GWB Campaign Chief Matthew Dowd: Joe Biden Has Done an Extremely Good Job on Afghanistan and Deserves to Be Congratulated [VIDEO]

A large majority of Americans on both sides of the aisle wanted to military out of Afghanistan. A poll taken…

3 years ago

Listen: Fox News’ Sean Hannity Says the Only Option is For the US to Reinvade Afghanistan

Over the last number of  years, 3 different presidents have had the opportunity to finally pull troops of out of…

3 years ago

WATCH: Fox’s Faulkner Says if Kamala Harris Cares About Women She’ll Go to Afghanistan and “Own It”

After the disastrous presidency of Donald Trump, it can be easy to forget that Kamala Harris is the country's first…

3 years ago

Harris: Administration “Singularly Focused” on Evacuating Americans, Afghan Allies, At-Risk Afghans

Speaking during a news conference in Singapore alongside the country’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, Vice President Kamala Harris said…

3 years ago

Fox’s Latest Conspiracy Theory: 3rd Booster Shot is an Attempt to Distract From Afghanistan

Amazingly enough, despite a readily available vaccine, the country is now going through another wave of COVID-19 cases.Hospitalizations and deaths…

3 years ago

Ronny Jackson Projects, Insists Biden No Longer “Cognitively Prepared To Be Our President.”

Representative Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), claimed that President Joe Biden is no longer "cognitively prepared to be our president," becoming the…

3 years ago

McCarthy Slammed for Criticizing Afghanistan Withdrawal

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) took to Twitter to criticize President Joe Biden's withdrawal of United States troops from…

3 years ago

Fox News Personality Mark Levin Goes on Absurd Rant, Claims Taliban “Gave Safe Harbor to Obama”

Fox News personality Mark Levin claimed that the Taliban, which has over the last few days seized control of Afghanistan,…

3 years ago

Barbara Lee, Only Member of Congress to Vote Against Afghanistan in 2001, Wants U.S. To Learn from Mistakes

Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who was the only member of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan in 2001,…

3 years ago

Pentagon Confirms U.S. Has Resumed Air Operations in Kabul

John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said that the United States has resumed its air operations at the Hamid Karzai…

3 years ago

Chinese State Media Mocks U.S., Says Afghanistan Withdrawal “More Smooth Than Presidential Transition”

A Chinese state media tabloid mocked the United States amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and compared it to the…

3 years ago

Donald Trump Had a Plan to Pull Troops Out of Afghanistan May 1st, But Gaslighting Kayleigh McEnany Says He Wouldn’t Have Followed Through [VIDEO]

The idea of pulling American troops out of Afghanistan has long been popular with voters. A poll conducted in April…

3 years ago

CNN’s Twitter Feed Destroys Walking Punchline Ted Cruz After He Criticizes Reporter

Ted Cruz has spent much of the last year as a walking punch line. You would never know it from…

3 years ago

WH Deputy National Security Adviser Says U.S. Has Made Clear to Taliban Not to Interfere with Afghans Trying to Evacuate

White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer said the United States has made clear to the Taliban not to…

3 years ago

Republican Party Removes Page Praising Trump’s Taliban Deal

In the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the Republican Party has removed a page from its website that…

3 years ago

Trump Comments on “Tragic Mess” in Afghanistan, Asks: “Do You Miss Me Yet?”

Former President Donald Trump has issued a statement remarking on what he called the "tragic mess" in Afghanistan and other…

3 years ago

Sanders Praises Biden for Pledging to Pull Out of Afghanistan, Says Trump Was Right About Ending “Endless Wars”

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) praised President Joe Biden for pledging to pull troops out of Afghanistan and noted that former…

4 years ago

Trump Never Asked Vladimir Putin About Russian Bounties on U.S. Soldiers

Donald Trump has not discussed reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The President admitted he hadn't confronted…

4 years ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls Donald Trump A Hoax

Nancy Pelosi has responded with derision to Donald Trump's claims that Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers are a hoax. The…

4 years ago

The Pentagon Was “Pounding Down the Door” to Get Trump To Respond to Russian Bounties on U.S. Soldiers

Pentagon officials tried desperately to get President Donald Trump to do something about Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers. That's according…

4 years ago

Critics Savage Trump’s “Peace Deal” As U.S. Launches Airstrike Against Taliban

United States military officials earlier this morning confirmed that they've launched an airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan mere days…

5 years ago

Rep. Ted Lieu Exposes Trump’s Total Failure In Afghanistan

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) explained that Trump is so desperate for an agreement to end the war in Afghanistan because…

5 years ago

Senate Republicans Plan ‘Stunning Rebuke’ of Trump

Senate Republicans are not happy with Donald Trump, and today plan to take action that has been described as a…

6 years ago

Morning Tweetstorm Shows Trump Has Lost Touch With Reality

Donald Trump posted several tweets this morning that directly contradict national security intelligence on several major foreign policy matters, showing…

6 years ago

U.S. forces apologize for ‘highly offensive’ Afghan propaganda leaflet

A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized on Wednesday for a "highly offensive" leaflet which contained a passage from the…

7 years ago

Trump’s Afghanistan Speech Overshadowed By Endless Trail Of Anti-War Tweets

Trump has repeatedly used his favorite social media platform to call for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. On Monday, he will…

7 years ago

Trump Looks To Distract With Afghanistan Speech As 56% Call Charlottesville Response A Failure

A plurality of Americans also believes he is "putting white supremacists on equal standing with their opponents."

7 years ago

Jaws Drop As Dangerously Incoherent Trump Compares War In Afghanistan To A Restaurant

President Donald Trump has reached a dangerous level of incoherence as he wants to fire the top US commander in…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Points Out The Clearest Sign Yet That Trump Is Terrified Over Russia Scandal

Maddow said Trump's move to distract from the Sally Yates hearing was the most "cynical" thing she has seen in…

8 years ago

Crises in Middle East and North Korea and Trump Takes 18th Golf Trip in 12 Weeks

"Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing…

8 years ago

Worries Arise Over Where Trump’s Sudden Militarism Will Take Us

Trump's isolationist hypocrisy is the least of our problems. It is where that hypocrisy is taking us, and at an…

8 years ago

Attacking Syria Was the Gateway Sexual Activity Republicans Usually Warn You About

As you can see from the polling, conservatives, far from reacting with outrage, have instead laid back and lit up…

8 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Demands Congressional Action To Stop Trigger-Happy Trump From Blowing Up The World

With Trump in charge of America's nuclear arsenal – like a toddler playing with a loaded firearm – Congressional oversight…

8 years ago

Maxine Waters Says Trump Is No Longer Just A Bully – He’s A Clear And Present Danger To America

A bully armed with a Twitter account is one thing, but the same bully with access to America's nuclear arsenal…

8 years ago

Trump’s War Of Distraction Continues As The U.S. Now Planning Preemptive Strike On North Korea

As the Russia scandal becomes increasingly explosive, so too does Donald Trump's foreign policy.

8 years ago

DNC Candidate Blasts Trump: He’s A ‘Draft-dodging Chickenhawk President’

"I’ll be damned if we’re going to have a draft-dodging chickenhawk president of the United States ... ordering the people…

8 years ago

New Year Wishes and a Warning: Stay Vigilant!

New Year is coming with mixed tidings, the good with the bad, with genuine evil in its wake, a Republican…

9 years ago

Why We Can’t Let Jeb Bush Pretend His Brother’s Wars Never Happened

Jeb doesn't realize how critical it is he convince us he is not his brother, because the more you listen…

10 years ago

Brian Williams Gets Six Months To Think About Shameful Lie

Williams offends the proud tradition and moral demands of true journalism and, in particular, the memories of those who braved…

10 years ago

Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act to be Signed into Law by President Obama Thursday

Something is finally about to be done about veteran suicide prevention, as Senate, House, and President join to make the…

10 years ago

The Radical Right Can’t Handle The Truth From President Obama

The point is that all Christians should advocate and revere the truth with religious fervor; unless it is uttered by…

10 years ago

The Possibility of Obama Successfully Negotiating with Iran has GOP Freaking Out

Only Republicans would see a war slipping through their fingers as a loss, and losing this chance is almost too…

10 years ago

Republican Comparisons of Iraq and Vietnam Are Completely False and Hypocritical

If the Republicans win the White House in 2016, any new troop commitment to Iraq would be celebrated by Fox…

10 years ago

Obama Sends 1500 Advisers to Iraq – Fox News Freaks Out

As President Obama sends 1500 troops to Iraq to advise, train, and assist, Fox News sees only a broken promise…

10 years ago

No Joke – Scholar Tells us President Obama Could Learn from President Bush

David Rothkopf says, "Bush recognized the urgent need for change and instituted a sweeping reordering of his administration, its policies…

10 years ago

Dem Rep Slams Do-Nothing Congress For Skipping Town Without Voting On War Authorization

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) criticized Congress for leaving Washington on a lengthy recess…

10 years ago

SOFA Has Become As Mythical for Fox News as George W. Bush

The one thing you will never hear mentioned by Fox News is SOFA. It gets in the way of their…

10 years ago

John McCain Despicably Pushes For Full-Scale Middle East War During ISIS Senate Hearing

On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was his normal warmongering self as he grilled Secretary of State John Kerry…

10 years ago

Why Republicans Want America To Forget 9/11

It is unlikely any American over the age of three or four will forget 911, but it is highly likely…

10 years ago

Gallup: Republicans Better Able to Defend Against Terrorism, Keep America Prosperous

The GOP has been able to destroy this country while getting Americans to willingly participate in their own demise with…

10 years ago

For Fox News, a Tired Old Hoax Trumps Obama Outperforming Reagan

Where does a strong economy get you when you're a black president and outperform Reagan on job creation? It gets…

10 years ago

Fumbling Toward War: The GOP’s Foreign Policy of Hate

Republican foreign policy is a tortured and terrifying admixture of religious dogmatism, political ideology, and corporate thirst for profit

10 years ago

Megyn Kelly Uses Bush’s Defense of Iraq Surge to Blame Obama for ISIL

All Megyn Kelly had to do is re-write history, ignoring the fact that Bush followed up his warning by signing…

10 years ago

ISIS: George W. Bush’s Legacy or America’s Spawn?

There is a well-known phrase in the Christian bible that "you reap what you sow." America is now reaping what…

10 years ago

CBS Allows John McCain And Lindsey Graham To Beat The War Drums Over Iraq And Israel

During Sunday's broadcast of CBS's Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer had on Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain.…

10 years ago

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wants to Invade Mexico

Sheriff Joe doesn't say how, precisely, U.S. troops would accomplish their mission once we've got boots on the ground but…

10 years ago

President Obama Compares Neocon Strategy In Middle East To Playing ‘Whack-A-Mole’

Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC's Morning Joe was able to score an interview with President Obama that aired on Monday morning.…

10 years ago

Dick Cheney Claims Obama Is ‘Dead Wrong’ On Iraq While Rand Paul Insists Cheney Is To Blame

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday to discuss the recent violence in…

10 years ago

What A Surprise! Neocon Warmonger Bill Kristol Wants Thousands Of US Troops In Iraq

During a panel discussion on Tuesday's Morning Joe, neocon torchbearer and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol attempted to make the…

10 years ago

Bobby Jindal Signs Latest Blow in War on Women in Louisiana Church

America becomes less America and more Afghanistan with each passing day Republicans remain in control at any level of government.

10 years ago

John McCain Predictably Blames Obama For Iraq Violence And Calls For Widespread Firings

During an interview on Morning Joe Friday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) predictably placed the recent flare-up of ethnic violence…

10 years ago

Conservative Racists Are Attacking the Bergdahl Family for Associating With Obama

The giveaway that all the animus toward Sergeant Bergdahl is based in conservative racism usually reserved for people of color,…

10 years ago

GOP Congressman Callously Claims He’d Have Left Bergdahl With The Taliban Indefinitely

During yet another appearance on a Sunday show, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) appeared on ABC's This Week to discuss the…

10 years ago

Lindsey Graham’s Threat to Impeach The President Is Racial Animus Towards Obama

Graham is doing his best to take up the slack and perpetuate racial animus toward people of color; particularly the…

10 years ago

Drones Are Scary, But They’re the Answer to Asymmetrical Warfare

Five years into the drone campaign, there have been 2,400. killed, yet in Iraq, the ICCC offers a figure of…

10 years ago

Lindsey Graham’s Ticked Off That Obama’s Releasing Gitmo Detainees and Ending the War

On Monday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a strongly worded letter to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), the Chairman of the…

10 years ago

The Unhinged Conservative Reaction to Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech at West Point

Diplomacy may not be as profitable as war (Cheney's Haliburton made $39.5 billion off the Iraq war alone), but our…

10 years ago

California Democrat Slams Republicans On Their Criticism Of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Release

On Sunday afternoon, Democratic Congressional candidate James Kimber, who is running against Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) in California's 50th District,…

10 years ago

Gun Advocates Are Suing a Texas City For The Right to Terrify Motorists

A Texas city is being sued in federal court for violating the heavily-armed men's 1st Amendment rights to exercise their…

10 years ago

Republicans Lose Their Minds Over the Fact That the War in Afghanistan is Ending

The reaction from three Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee to the President's announcement that America's longest war was…

10 years ago

With Blood on His Hands and Lies on Lips Lindsey Graham Accuses Obama of Losing Wars

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham thinks President Obama is emboldening the enemy by announcing a drawdown in Afghanistan. He accused Obama…

10 years ago

If Republicans Really Supported The Troops They Wouldn’t Propose Privatizing the VA

If Republicans supported the troops and appreciated the sacrifice of those who made it home alive then they would not…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Wants a More Aggressive Foreign Policy in Very Messy, Difficult Places

Acting as though he would know right from wrong, Christie said America is "the strongest moral power for what is…

11 years ago

Ross Douthat Ignores Context and Facts to Make Obama a Foreign Policy Failure

Douthat also carefully avoids mention of Egypt, another Obama foreign policy success story, where the Obama administration's moderating influence ensured…

11 years ago

President’s State of the Union Speech Strikes Most of the Chords Dems Were Waiting For

I watched President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night. I was one of the 15% who did in…

11 years ago

Stephen Colbert Brilliantly Mocks The Neo-Con Fascination With Neverending War

On Monday night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert brilliantly took down conservatives's positions on the wars in Iraq…

11 years ago

The Republicans Are Still Blaming Obama for Iraq and Afghanistan

it was not Obama who invaded Iraq on a fabricated pretext and with an army designed to fight not an…

11 years ago

Republicans Honor Our Veterans By Making Sure That They Are Hungry and Struggling

Republicans have gone out of their way to keep America's Veterans in a struggle to find work after returning from…

11 years ago

Treasonous House Republicans Are Giddy With Joy Over Shutting Down The Government

The Republicans lust to shut down the government is for reasons typical of traitors unwilling to accept they do not…

11 years ago

What the Feck Is Wrong with an Obama Pivot?

President Obama's critics routinely dismiss him as "feckless," but most have long records as feck-ups. And what's wrong with pivoting?

11 years ago

Remember 9/11 and Never Forget What George W. Bush’s Incompetence Did to America

As the nation remembers the American lives lost at the hands of a terrorist gang, they should take stock of…

11 years ago

Obama’s Decision to Get Congressional Approval Gives Sanity a Chance

War should be a matter for sober reflection, not knee-jerk reactions, and the president should be praised for opening the…

11 years ago

Where Syria is Concerned Let’s not Become a Global George Zimmerman

It is not hard to know what to think about the U.S. attacking Syria. That's wrong. And it's wrong for…

11 years ago

GOP Rep. Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma Calls Obama Unfit and Biden Embarrassing

On Monday, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), forgot not only President Bush but his fellow ethically-challenged House Republicans, and excoriated President…

11 years ago