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Afghani kids

The US has three lousy options with Afghanistan. Pick one.

South China Sea

Will China-Japan-US tensions in the Pacific ignite a conflict and sink the global economy?

Dwight Eisenhower

Fifty years ago, college was cheap, unions were strong and there was no terrorism-industrial complex.

Joe Biden, Leon Panetta

The Pentagon is intent on pursuing its own global version of the Second Amendment.

torture protest

Zero Dark Thirty has us arguing over whether torture works, not whether it should be banned.

Military personell

Why are US taxpayers still forced to pay billions of dollars for US military bases?

The mob that breached the US embassy was angry about an anti-Muslim film—but the country’s resentment of US policy runs much deeper.

Obama’s “Smart Power’ foreign policy not smart at all.

How quickly will the United States leave Afghanistan?

Blogs

Someday we may live in a world where war and militarization were rare, but, until then, we must demand the protection of innocent life when conflicts happen.

September 19, 2013

There are choices beyond war, and they start with a cease-fire and diplomacy.

August 26, 2013

Whether gas was used or not, getting involved in Syria’s civil war is a bad idea.

August 22, 2013

The carnage in Iraq is escalating, even as the Islamist-led rebellion in Syria seems unending.

July 30, 2013

If so, President Obama ought to fire him.

June 24, 2013

Congress should always check and balance plans to support rebels in foreign conflicts. But thatrsquo;s especially true when 70 percent of Americans think it’s a bad idea.

June 18, 2013

Why is the US targeting and killing US citizens in drone strikes?

June 7, 2013

Days after Obama announces new, restraining “rules” on drones, a drone strike has killed at least four in Pakistan.

May 29, 2013

Yesterday, Obama laid out the justification for killing US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. But his reasoning had very little legal grounding at all. 

May 24, 2013

Fighting for nothing, and destroying countries in the process, costs a lot.

March 29, 2013
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