FORUM TOPIC

Afghanistan

  • How Veterans View the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Like the public, they are deeply divided along party lines.

  • In this edition

    by LOU ZICKAR With the Taliban once again in control of Afghanistan and America marking the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, The Ripon Forum examines “The Lessons of 9/11” and what has been learned — and not learned — from that tragic and fateful day.

  • We Cannot Create a Safe Haven For Terrorists

    President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan allows, and even accelerates, the nation returning to the conditions that permitted the 9/11 terrorist attack to happen in the first place.

  • We Cannot Be Complacent in the Face of New Threats

    Twenty years after the horrific attacks of September 11th, we are once again facing an Afghanistan that will serve as a refuge and training ground for terrorists.

  • We Cannot Change the Past, but We Must Learn From It

    The American people know that what happens over half a world away can have a direct impact on their safety. It happened on 9/11, and it can happen again.

  • We Must Always Honor Our Commitments to Our Allies and Friends

    President Biden’s ill-advised, disorganized, and dishonorable flight from Afghanistan makes America less safe, and raises questions about our resolve and credibility around the world.

  • We Must Never Again Underestimate Our Enemy

    We downplayed the threat of terrorism 20 years ago and Americans paid the price with their lives. This is a mistake that we cannot repeat if we hope to prevent future attacks.

  • Measuring the Effectiveness of the War on Terror

    Are we eliminating more terrorists than are being created? Unfortunately, no one seems to know.

  • A Patient Enemy

    On 9/11, American entered a war that the terrorists had already begun.

  • Intell’s Top Cop – Q&A with Mike Rogers

    With the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks upon us, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee discusses the effort he is leading to keep America secure.

  • Leaving Afghanistan

    As the U.S. enters the tenth year of the war in Afghanistan, the Tennessee Congressman John Duncan writes it’s not just time to end the conflict, but it’s something Eisenhower would do.

  • The Longest War

    by LISA CURTIS a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, talks on why the U.S. must not abandon Afghanistan even as it prepares to leave.