In the end, issues such as drone use or Guantanamo are merely small sources of debate for well-fed American kids who have come to the capital to study at the most prestigious colleges in the country.
The Iraqi and Libyan experiences, fresh in the world’s minds, remain good proof that he who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind: In Libya, the first achievement of the armed groups that Washington supported and brought to power was the killing of the American ambassador in Benghazi, and the rest of the story is well known
After more than 10 years of military presence and $642 billion, U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan next year in partial failure. The return of civil war is certainly not out of the question.