Washington does not need to maintain thousands of U.S troops Afghanistan to keep American safe from terrorism. ... By open and tolerant society with political class free of corruption and stewards of the rule of law, As much as Washington may hope for Afghanistan..…

-led drive to curb it could leave Washington and Tehran jostling for the upper hand across string of regional flashpoints, from Afghanistan and Gulf to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. ..…

In its manifestation, one finds United States that threatens Iran on nearly weekly basis and tears up arms control agreements with Russia while also maintaining deployments of US forces Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and places like Mali. Now that Washington has withdrawn from the..…