Outside the Beltway

My latest for War on the Rocks, “HAGEL: CLIMBING OUT FROM UNDER THE BUS,” has posted.

Thanks largely to Administration mistakes, the Bergdahl deal is not going over well.

Mostly because of politics, the hopes of some and fears of others will never be realized.

Trying to make some sense out of a week of outrage.

If someone had seen the signals, perhaps Bowe Bergdahl never would’ve wandered off base and gotten captured.

Good intentions and good results aside, the President’s disrespect for the Rule Of Law should concern everyone.

Contrary to the oft-repeated slogan, the United States has negotiated with terrorists before. And we will do it again.

Not every soldier is a hero. Not even every POW.

Good intentions aren’t an excuse for failure to follow the law.

It’s good that Bowe Bergdahl is free, but questions remain about how he went missing that need to be answered.

Politics.

The Obama White House rejected Republican criticism of the deal that led to the release of the only American Prisoner Of War from the Afghanistan War.

Petty politics, or valid concerns?

Slowly but surely, we’re giving up on Afghanistan.