In the wake of the recent events in Afghanistan, sentiment is growing to speed the U.S. military exit. Half of the American people now want to get out faster, and Obama administration officials are reportedly debating doing just that. Which raises a critical question: What would happen if we pulled out of Afghanistan?

On March 30, Afghan president Hamid Karzai strongly condemned actions of the "Kill Team," a rogue military unit accused of deliberately murdering Afghan civilians. Reaction to the photos in Afghanistan has largely been muted, but this may change as Karzai's condemnation draws more attention.

Although navigating the world of online war videos is at best a haphazard venture, there is enough material to provide us with a clear view of the lives of our troops.

Two decades later we can see how many Americans, including our leaders, drew the wrong lessons from Desert Storm--creating myths that haunt us to this day.

The uprising in Tibet may become a serious problem for China in the future.

Democratic Rep. Brian Baird has announced that he will not seek another term. We can only hope that Baird's work with the Continuity of Government Commission does not fade away.

The Iranians are not going to stop waging war against us--they've been doing it since 1979, they believe they are winning, and they will continue until they or we have won.

We havemisunderstood what the recent beheadings by terroristsare all about. They are not using the beheadings as a technique to drive us out; the beheading films are recruitment tools.