Richard Lugar actually said...

the purpose of war is to build a better peace, but America built nothing in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal.

Lugar emphasizes the failure to build peace in Afghanistan post-Soviet withdrawal.

09/15/2009

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It seems to me to be really a safety net there.

Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.

jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.

Hungry people are desperate people and desperation can sow the seeds of radicalism.