Michael G. Mullen: “U.N. peacekeepers help reduce the risks that major U.S. military interventions may be required to restore stability.”

I have to date been reticent to speak out on issues surrounding President Trump's leadership, but we are at an inflection point, and the events of the past weeks have made it impossible to remain silent.

They are not battle spaces to be dominated and must never become so.

This is a moment when more investment in diplomacy and development is needed, not less.

I'm more afraid of the red ink than the red menace.