1.0Hopehttp://www.arolnick.com/hopeAlexander Rolnickhttp://www.arolnick.com/hope/author/arolnick/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qjVWQbyVHm"><a href="http://www.arolnick.com/hope/2021/07/16/afghanistan-withdrawal/">Afghanistan Withdrawal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.arolnick.com/hope/2021/07/16/afghanistan-withdrawal/embed/#?secret=qjVWQbyVHm" width="600" height="338" title="“Afghanistan Withdrawal” — Hope" data-secret="qjVWQbyVHm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://www.arolnick.com/hope/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> "We have been at war for your entire life," I told my classes of mostly 16-year old students a couple of years ago in a unit focused on American involvement in the Middle East. Most of them weren't that surprised. The truth, at least according to Andrew Bacevich in America's War for the Greater Middle East, is that we've also been at war for my entire life as well.