On April 28th I gave a talk on Afghanistan to the Tarrant County (Ft. Worth) Libertarian Party.
(Video starts in the middle of an anecdote about Bill Clinton claiming he would have had to wipe all of Kandahar City off the map in order to get bin Laden.)
US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force
The US Navy may credibly dominate the Atlantic but the Pacific Ocean is no longer an exclusive US naval domination calculus. The Arctic is still dominated by the Russians and will remain so. The US Navy's ability to build functioning surface ships is compromised...