Jon Duffy

The president's justifications have shifted repeatedly, and claims of victory have grown theatrical as the results have grown less convincing.

The most obvious strategic move following strikes in Iran has become a central problem for the United States.

A serious military does not celebrate destruction as proof of strength. And it does not treat the rules that govern force as optional.

Pushing strategic decisions down the road means the ending will be imposed by fatigue, fracture or crisis rather than choice.

The president's weekend address following initial strikes in Iran offered forceful nationalist rhetoric but little actual clarity of purpose or strategy.

What is imagined as calibrated pressure in Washington could easily be perceived as an existential threat in Tehran.

Shrinking the pool of Americans who can serve while signaling that only certain types of people truly belong limits whose judgment shapes U.S. strategy.

Two decades after American forces invaded Iraq, the circumstances are different but the failure is unmistakable.

The people standing against ICE in the streets of Minneapolis are not seeking recognition or reward. They are neighbors who decided that silence was the greater risk.

Federal operations across the city are normalizing the use of force as routine, and stripping away the transparency and oversight of ICE agents.

As Mark Kelly and Pete Hegseth square off in soundbites, service members with limited authority are left to resolve the ambiguity created far above them.