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The U.S. military is stuck in a four-decade rut.

If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer,
then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant
but necessary remedy.

If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer,
then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant
but necessary remedy.

Jonathan Schell's "Too Late for Empire" drew much praise from readers
[Aug. 14/21].

Searching for order in Sadr City.

"Boys, we are in a bad situation. Yes, very bad."

Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.

Snoozing guards at Los Alamos, missing vials of plutonium oxide... Yes,
the headlines in late June were announcing "security lapses" again at
national labs and nuclear weapons plants.