While Budget Control Act sequestered military spending order to tackle the runaway deficits, the authors weakened the military while not doing much to trim the fat at Pentagon. Indeed, the US military will need more troops from beefing up forces Europe and Asia to continuing to..…

To some in the military it appeared that the privateers had taken over the Pentagon. As a senior U.S. military officer who had served in Afghanistan commented to Priest and Arkin, “It just hits you like a ton of bricks when you think about it. ..…

And all this while, the U.S. has been placing the blame of its Afghan-policy failure on Pakistan, disregarding the fact that Pakistan's ability to influence Congress and Pentagon advisories would ironically be an overestimation. Since any improvement in Afghanistan has not emanated from this..…

By the entire as consequence of the wars, The figure differs substantially from Pentagon's own estimates Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere, and also the costs incurred, .. ..…