The Irish Times View on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: the Taliban’s Opportunity

[T]he global economy remains in a state of suspended hope and not yet on a path toward definitive recovery.

The shrinking of ambitions away from the Indian Ocean, as reflected in the reversion to the ‘Pacific Command’, suggests that the [U.S] is ceding the continent, including West Asia, to China.

All of Trump and Macron's attempts to gloss over this charade and downplay Iran's threats are deceptive and hypocritical.

The island cannot continue to be ruled by a statist, militaristic, totalitarian and corrupt caste that controls the entire nation.

The 14 proposed points read as though they were dictated by the Iranian regime[.]

Deference and appeasement can never be the right strategy.

How will the U.S. war with Iran end? Certainly, it is not Israel's victory.

The terms of the U.S.-Iran agreement are shrouded in ambiguity.