Afghanistan is not Vietnam. There are similarities, but major differences. Vietnam had a thousand-year-long history as a country, at various times invaded by China, Korea, and Japan. But the Vietnamese were always one people with historical traditions, rich cultural heritage,…

An easily transmissible novel respiratory pathogen that kills or incapacitates more than one percent of its victims is among the most disruptive events possible. The National Intelligence Council—something I would bet most people have never heard of—is one of those…