John D.S. Allen: “I am truly honored to be nominated by the President to command the International Security Assistance Force and U.S.…”

To leave the fate of Afghan women and girls to the Afghan government and Taliban dialog is a massive abdication of American and international responsibility to support universal human rights.

It almost defies belief that someone would be leading such a double life and yet taking such a hard line in public.

I agree with getting the big fish and everything, but not when people are dying while we’re doing these investigations.

The knockout blow in insurgency is not delivered by the military. The knockout blow is delivered by the development of credible governance and economic opportunity.