Outside the Beltway

Right back where your daddy was.

He’s getting tired of all the winning.

The options are not good.

Leaked estimates are at substantial variance from administration claims.

Now what?

A way out of the mess.

We’ve switched roles.

No significant U.S. war aims were achieved.

Praise be to Allah, you crazy bastards!

A great thing, precipitated by a questionable thing.

A podcast recommendation.

So much winning.

Nineteen minutes. Zero answers.

There’s still no strategy.

So much winning.

Someone had to report it!

Maybe talks, but maybe not?

STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST, naturally.

The Art of the Deal in action.

“It takes money to kill bad guys.”

The regime is not a -changin’.

An IR theory that is often misapplied in my view (especially by certain kinds of practitioners).

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

An update from the Commander-in-Chief.

Is no one thinking about the end state?

Apparently, not the president or his “leadership council.”

Well, it’s complicated.

What could go wrong?

Now we know why it started when it did.

Usually president care what the public thinks, especially at times of major military action. Not this time.

More excerpts from excellent columns I’ve read.

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

“Major combat operations” are underway.

Will POTUS listen?

You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days. 10 to 15 days, pretty much, maximum.

We may be closer to regime change than any point since the 1979 Revolution.