Outside the Beltway

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

The U.S may be on the verge of committing the next decade to the future of Afghanistan.

Honoring the fallen by ensuring that the didn’t die in vain is a recipe for getting more good men killed.

Last night, the President basically announced that America’s longest war had entered it’s end game.

David Rittgers, a legal policy analyst at the Cato Institute who served three tours in Afghanistan as a special forces officer, laments the militarization of police in America.

After a decade, the Army is reversing the most hideous decision in its long history.

Did a deal between the U.S. and Pakistan during the infancy of the war against al Qaeda play a role in the raid against Osama bin Laden?

Safia bin Laden says that her infamous father was caught alive by U.S. forces and murdered in cold blood.

The debate over “enhanced interrogations” has been renewed by the bin Laden mission, but whether it “worked” or not isn’t the question.

The question of how the world’s most wanted man could’ve hidden in plain sight in Pakistan continues to be asked.

Rush Limbaugh heaps praise on President Obama for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Breaking News.

The U.S. seems to be on the verge of changing war strategies in Libya, even as it becomes clear that these rebels aren’t necessarily our friends.

The Libyan rebels probably aren’t strong enough to defeat Gaddafi on their own, and the no-fly zone isn’t going to be enough either. Which means this operation is going to be far more extensive than President Obama is willing to admit publicly.

The United States Army is radically redesigning its physical fitness test.

The crackdown in Libya is turning into a massacre.

The two English language newspapers who have been Julian Assange’s accomplices in disseminating stolen secrets defend themselves.

Perhaps the biggest insight from Bob Woodward’s latest book is the sharpness of the split between the military and civilian leadership.

Ted Koppel thinks our actions since 9/11 have helped Osama bin Laden fulfill his goals. He couldn’t be more wrong.

The scumbags at WikiLeaks have published a huge trove of classified documents provided to them by one or more traitors in our military.

Retired Special Forces colonel and Defense Senior Executive Pat Lang joins us to talk about — well, you know damned well what we’ll be talking about.

Stanley McChrystal’s fate is the story of the day, but there’s a broader message in the Rolling Stone story, and it has broad implications for the future of the Afghan War.

Christian Bleuer provides a 10-step solution for victory over the Taliban.