The American presence in Afghanistan was first and foremost about depriving radical Islamism of a platform for attacking the West. And in preventing another 911 scale atrocity, it has been successful.

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My debut novel is available at TrossPublishing.co.nz. I have had my work published in the Australian Spectator, the New Zealand Herald and several on-line publications. One of the only right-wing people...