Epstein Secrets

constitutionally committed to the executive. That is no place for the courts. Messrs. Rivkin and Casey served in the Justice Department during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. EFTA00586783 13 The Washington Post Ryan Crocker's `strategic patience' in Afghanistan Jackson Diehl Se

overn in 1972. "I say we've got to bring those EFTA00586784 14 troops home." Remarkably, none of the other seven Republicans on the stage at the Ronald Reagan presidential library challenged that conclusion. Crocker gets it. "I know Americans are tired of war. I'm kind of tired, too," he said. In his yea

ongressional committees on national television; and endless, painstaking parleys with prickly, unpredictable characters such as Nouri al-Maliki and Hamid Karzai. He's 62; he tried to retire once, after Iraq, but was coaxed back into service by Obama and Petraeus after U.S. relations with Karzai deteriorated

ki and Hamid Karzai. He's 62; he tried to retire once, after Iraq, but was coaxed back into service by Obama and Petraeus after U.S. relations with Karzai deteriorated to the breaking point. But Crocker has two simple points to make. First: Wanting the war against al-Qaeda to be over doesn't mean tha

sident's should be allowed to make mistakes, and not be tainted fo=ever as a result of one, two or several miscalculations or indiscretions. Ronal= Reagan got beyond Iran-Contra and the Marine Barracks massacre to become the most popular Republican since Abe Lincoln (who actually wasn't popular when in

r, who before he was president was regarded as a gr=at commerce secretary and provided financial support for the aviation industry. Later, President Ronald Reagan supported Sematech to help our semiconductor industry. Of course, America's free-enterprise system is what enables our manufacturers to be the most

e", especially when n=ne of his options are good and there is no clear long-term goals or strong local partners. Leaving Afghanistan in the hands of Karzai and Iraq with Chalabi, Allawi and Maliki has proven to be a disaster, and in Syria it could be eve= worse. A=though I applaud John McCain as a patr

re them, they said, perhaps a determined Cabinet secretary can bring them on. Along with Jeffrey, they pointed to Elliott Abrams, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush administrations who did not sign the letters but wrote an op-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and would lose the election.

protests are the most sustained show of opposition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014." -- Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said he grew estranged from his American allies during his 10 years in power. Pamela Constable reports from Kabul: "His version of U.S.-Afghan rela

or trouble-plagued U.S. efforts in Afghanistan — based on hundreds of previously classified interviews with U.S. officials — has partly vindicated Karzai's arguments, even as it portrays his past government as a dysfunctional 'kleptocracy' that was unprepared for modern governance. `Much of it is tru

ot defeat the Taliban militarily. President Hamid Karzai's corrupt government is unlikely to improve signi

ests. The current U.S. counterinsurgency strategy appears likely to fail. Washington and its allies will not defeat the Taliban militarily. President Hamid Karzai's corrupt government is unlikely to improve significantly. The Afghan National Army cannot take over combat missions from the U.S. in southern and ea

f its pride and nerve under U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. And

s a certain enchantment to any view. The West - mainly the Anglo-American part of it - had recovered some of its pride and nerve under U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. And there was the growing evidence of post-colonial regimes' failure, violence and corruption, especial