 AP Photo Everyone talks about getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan. But what about Germany and Japan? TAGGED: sequestration, Sequester, Japan, Germany, Afghanistan, Iraq, Foreign Policy, United StatesRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| It's almost impossible to escape the Washington establishment'shysteria over sequestration—the $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, a less than 2.3 percent reduction of the $3.64 trillion federal budget. Despite all... more ›› |
| The forced budget cuts, known in Washington as sequestration, are now in force in the United States and $85 billion in spending cuts are in the process of being implemented, with about half of them coming out of Washington’s... more ›› |
| Despite more than ten years of ongoing combat operations, and despite the frequent congressional trips to places such as Iraq and Afghanistan (usually on highly structured visits lasting only a few hours, or at the most a day or... more ›› |
| Although chastened by its "hot" wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington is anxious to limit the spread of the al-Qaeda franchise and is alarmed by the rise of its strategic rival and banker, China, whose economy is growing four... more ›› |
| We lament the terrible American losses in blood and treasure in tribal Afghanistan and Iraq. But privately, radical Islamists acknowledge that the U.S. military killed thousands of jihadists in both countries -- and hope never to... more ›› |
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