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How should Americans assess the recent chaos in Afghanistan?

The Afghan self-inflicted disaster is the greatest American strategic, political, and military defeat of the past 50 years.
27%
An American contingent in Afghanistan was still viable to deter the Taliban and to facilitate U.S. air operations.
27%
The staying or leaving is not the problem; the terrible manner in which we left is.
29%
Despite the chaos, making a clean break now from Afghanistan is better than a costly one later on.
5%
Ignore the media: the U.S. was right to leave—and did so in the best way given the circumstances.
12%
Total votes: 162
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This week in 1948, Margaret Chase Smith was elected to the US Senate – the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. The next “glass ceiling” that will shatter

First female president of the United States
0%
First woman to walk on the moon
0%
First woman to command a US nuclear sub
0%
First female commissioner of NFL, NBA or MLB
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1949, President Truman revealed that the Soviet Union had successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon. The most significant development/threat on the nuclear front moving forward

US-UK sharing nuclear submarine technology w/Australia
0%
Iran reportedly within a month of enough uranium for a weapon
0%
China planning to at least double its nuclear warhead stockpile
0%
North Korea and South Korea staging ballistic missile tests
0%
A high-altitude EMP attack taking out America’s power grid
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the American homeland. The most significant development in the decades since

Despite threats, no similar large-scale attack upon the US
0%
The American people, once united in grief, now polarized
0%
Once seemingly contained, terrorism maybe on the rise again
0%
Debate continues over privacy rights vs. national-security needs
0%
Debate over when/where to put “boots on the ground”
0%
Total votes: 0
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Thirty-six years ago this week, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered. Likewise, which of the following is destined to sink on its maiden voyage

Trust and cooperation between the US and Taliban regime
0%
Putin promising not to meddle in Afghanistan’s domestic affairs
0%
Iran willing to compromise in the next round of nuclear talks
0%
Xi Jinping promising to regulate "excessively high-income groups”
0%
Kim Jong-un and a food-rationed North Korea’s war on obesity
0%
Total votes: 0
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After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s swift takeover of Kabul, the greatest concern moving forward

A new wave of attacks by emboldened terrorists
0%
A lack of confidence in America’s ruling class
0%
Strained relationships with key US allies
0%
Revisionist history of post-9/11 policy choices
0%
“Vietnam Syndrome” (aversion to overseas military engagements)
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1999, Vladimir Putin took over as Russia’s prime minister, promising a stronger military, fair elections and better economic conditions. Russia’s outlook today

Putin’s presidency extending well into the next decade
0%
Troops crossing into Ukraine in a full-scale invasion
0%
Despite sanction threats, meddling in 2022 U.S. elections
0%
Civil unrest fueled by mistreatment of Alexei Navalny
0%
Per President Biden: “an economy that has nuclear weapons and oil wells and nothing else”
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1965, Singapore became an independent state. The next development among Asian-Pacific countries

China launching cyber/military strikes against Taiwan
0%
North Korea restarting nuclear talks with the US
0%
Russia continuing naval exercises close to Hawaii
0%
COVID lockdown protests in Australia intensifying
0%
Market correction rocking Tokyo/Hong Kong exchanges
0%
Total votes: 0
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What are the prospects of a new “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” (JCPOA)?

The JCPOA will be reset and finally bring peace to the Middle East.
0%
The U.S. and its allies will accept a nuclear Iran and a Persian/Shiite crescent to the Mediterranean.
16%
The JCPOA will be recalibrated—but eventually fall apart again.
42%
The JCPOA will last but ensure a nuclear Iran.
13%
There will soon be a major revision to the Middle East involving Iran.
29%
Total votes: 31
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This week in 1953, Fidel Castro began his revolt against the Cuban government. What is Cuba’s future, now that President Biden has imposed new sanctions?

Cuba’s Communist Party losing control as protests mount
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Socialism continuing thanks to oppression, human rights abuses
0%
An influx of migrants (Cuban and Haitian) into Florida
0%
U.S. soon to provide free, open Internet service to islanders
0%
Biden revisiting Obama’s opening of economic/diplomatic ties
0%
Total votes: 0
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