AFGHANISTAN — BIG TALIBAN, LITTLE TALIBAN AND A NEW DIRECTION: Tim Lynch

Tim Lynch
Maj USMC (ret)
Freerangeinternational.com

 

What is the “Big Taliban”?  What is the “Little Taliban?”  Where do the Taliban derive their legitimacy from in areas the Afghan people are sympathetic to the Taliban?  Does the President’s new direction for the war in Afghanistan point the nation in a better direction relative to achieving a positive outcome there?

 

UNPLUGGED (KINDA) — GENERAL JOE DUNFORD’S Q & A WITH THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joe DUNFORD, appeared before the National Press Club yesterday (Monday, June 19 2017) and YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO HIS COMPLETE COMMENTS — you’ll be smarter, trust me.

The Chairman talks Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, SU-22’s being shot down, Russia, Turkey, Iran, North Korea, the Defense Budget and strategies in each of these regions as well as his vision of how American involvement contributes to success.  What you’ll get is complete answers to difficult questions, not sound bites.

Well done by the National Press Club!