A look back at the magazine’s best pieces on the September 11 attacks and the government’s response
Afghanistan
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Enemies We Made
Haunted by Predator drones in the sky and death squads on the ground
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Quiet Americans
The Middle East wars have been met with willful indifference from Americans on the home front.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A September 11 Reckoning: Calculating the Full Cost of War
Congress should not nickel-and-dime caring for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans recovering from injuries that would have been fatal in previous conflicts.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Altercation: The Forever Nonsense of Forever Warriors
A world without ubiquitous U.S. military presence? Horrors!
Posted inTAP
Progressives and the Afghanistan Debacle
Today on TAP: We shouldn’t try to whitewash this pullout
Posted inAmerica and the World
Lucas Kunce Speaks on the Afghanistan Catastrophe
The former Marine officer who served two tours of duty there is now running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Media Always Sees Democrats in Disarray
And they always see wars as worth fighting.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Unheeded Dissent Cable
The White House only heard about an urgent warning of Afghanistan’s collapse after reading news reports.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Futility of Military ‘Solutions’
Reflecting on what Biden gets right and wrong, and the lessons for Iranian diplomacy