In an op-ed in Friday’s Washington Post, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gave a personal take on recent official suggestions that the US might begin withdrawing troops from Iraq next year. The idea “revived poignant memories,” said K. He went on, “The capacity for offensive action of the remaining forces shrinks. Once the process is started, it runs the risk of operating by momentum rather than by strategic analysis, and that process is increasingly difficult to reverse.”
If the Air Force is in line for a big budget bump from President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget in 2027, the head of Air Combat Command said he would make aircraft spare parts his top spending priority—but cautioned that more money to buy parts won’t equal a…


