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The U.S. has a new strategy for Afghanistan. | Fewer economic advisory councils, please. | Also: First Amendment, skewed news, statues, and hate lists.

August 26, 2017 The United States has a new strategy for Afghanistan: train the Afghans to fight and win, define success in terms of the security mission alone, and stop ignoring Pakistan's aiding of the Taliban. The dissolution of two of the President's economic advisory councils is probably good news. The people who make the "yelling fire in a theater" argument about free speech not only often misapply the analogy, they need to go read the bad law they are citing. You couldn't know what most Americans are like from watching the news. If statues venerating the heroes of oppressive movements should be taken down, then put statues of Che Guevara on the list. In the Southern Poverty Law Center's universe, disagreeing with the Southern Poverty Law Center makes you a hater. The right strategy for Afghanistan: President Trump's change in Afghanistan policy gets three things right, says Luke Coffey: "U...

Townhall Daily - Aug 26 - John Hawkins,Todd Starnes,Mytheos Holt,Michael Reagan,Humberto Fontova and More

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