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August 14, 2019

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Overcoming Inertia: Why it’s Time to End the War in Afghanistan ([link removed] )

The war in Afghanistan has become America’s longest war not because U.S. security interests necessitate it, nor because the battlefield realities are insurmountable, but because of inertia. In a new paper ([link removed] ) , Cato scholars John Glaser ([link removed] ) and John Mueller ([link removed] ) argue that a full political settlement built around a cease-fire and a withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan is within reach—but only if policymakers are willing to make significant concessions to the Taliban and to dispense with erroneous rationales for continuing the fight.

- “Overcoming Inertia: Why it’s Time to End the War in Afghanistan ([link removed] ) ,” by John Glaser and John Mueller
- “The Case against Afghanistan Withdrawal Is Weak ([link removed] ) ,” by John Glaser
- “Exiting Afghanistan ([link removed] ) ,” Podcast featuring John Glaser

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Woodstock at 50 ([link removed] )

The movie Taking Woodstock is a great story of sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, and capitalism.

- “Woodstock at 50 ([link removed] ) ,” by David Boaz

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