US MIlitary

They, the People

August 7, 2017

Mary Ann Callahan

Afghan Strategy, Afghanistan, afghanistan reconstruction, us foreign policy, US Policy in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan

I have been listening to some very interesting dialogues on the news lately regarding Afghanistan. It seems that the latest US Administration is anxious…

Want to Win in Afghanistan? Get the Afghans to Do It

June 30, 2017

Mary Ann Callahan

Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Fighting terrorism, foreign policy, International Coalition, isis, ISL, NATO, politics, taliban, us foreign policy, war on terror

Talks are going on as I write in Brussels regarding NATO’s troop contributions to the revamping fight in Afghanistan, that endless conflict that sucks the…

It’s Getting Ugly for ISIS in Raqqa and It’s All Because of the People

June 29, 2017

Mary Ann Callahan

], Afghanistan, Iraq, isis, ISL, Raqqa, Syria, us foreign policy, US Policy in Afghanstan

News coming out of the territory of the Islamic State has not been so good for them lately. Their “kingdom” has been shrinking rapidly. Military…

It’s All in the PR Part II

June 23, 2017

Mary Ann Callahan

Afghanistan, foreign policy, international, people, terrorism, US Government, US Policy in Afghanistan, war on terror

Last week I wrote a piece on Afghanistan stating there is a definite lack of accurate, in depth reporting on the goals and the efforts…

It’s All in the PR

June 17, 2017

Mary Ann Callahan

Afghan attack terrorism US foreign policy, Afghan shootings, Afghanistan, Camp Shaheen, foreign policy, international, Mazar-i-Sharif attack, nation building, us foreign policy, US Miliotary

Today is the 17th of June 2017, and the US military is in the news. There was an unfortunate and bizarre collision between a cargo…