title: Prologue: The Mission
author: The New York Times
contenttype: article
publication: Caliphate
published: 2018-04-19T05:00:00+00:00
sourceurl: https://caliphate.simplecast.com/episodes/prologue-the-mission-LJMQi5Rg
word_count: 66
Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. Read the full statement . The war on terror has cost the U.S. billions and has been fought for nearly 20 years. Rukmini Callimachi, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, asks, “Who are we really fighting?”