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John Sifton: Why Do Drones Disturb Us? (US Military Presence Abroad, Society)

What makes drones so frightening to us now, when they have actually been around for decades?

The Nation
Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment? (Foreign Policy, US Military, US Military Presence Abroad)

A military-first policy on a destabilizing planet.

Tom Engelhardt
Barack Obama
Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Election 2012, US Military Presence Abroad)

How much are the Democrats counting on the profits and jobs generated by arming the world in the coming election?

Robert Scheer
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Debacle: Lessons From Lost Wars (Foreign Policy, Iraqi Reconstruction and Occupation, US Military Presence Abroad)

How two wars in the Greater Middle East revealed the weakness of the global superpower.

Tom Engelhardt
A Day Late and $3 Trillion Short (Foreign Policy, US Military Presence Abroad, World)

The recently-exposed massacre in Haditha is just one example of American soldiers' abuse of Iraqi civilians.

Hamilton Fish
Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon's Secret Training Missions in the Middle East (Foreign Policy, US Military Presence Abroad, World)

An investigation by TomDispatch reveals the outlines of a secretive training program in the Middle East that is funded by Pentagon, and wholly at odds with Washington’s professed aims of supporting democratic reform.

Nick Turse
Why America Can't Keep Fighting 1 Percent Wars (Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, US Military Presence Abroad)

The United States’ current conflicts abroad are “1 percent wars”—remote, imperial wars of choice in which 99 percent of Americans have no stake.

William J. Astore
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Creative Destruction in the Greater Middle East (Foreign Policy, US Military Presence Abroad, World)

The single most monstrous mistake of the Bush years—the confusion of military with economic power—has been set in stone.

Tom Engelhardt
George W. Bush's American Dream (Occupy Wall Street, George W. Bush, US Military Presence Abroad)

In our new landscape of imperial defeat, it’s remarkable how consistently things that are officially going so well are actually going so badly.

Tom Engelhardt
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Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail? (Corporate Welfare, US Military Presence Abroad, Economy)

Think of Iraq as the AIG of wars, only this bailout is still going on.

Tom Engelhardt

Blogs

Wars Should Be Declared by Congress, Not Merely Launched by Presidents
John Nichols

Even if a war is considered "just," even if it is launched under the auspices of the UN, US military interventions should be debated and approved by Congress before they are launched.

March 20, 2011
Iraq's Revolt: Is Maliki Mubarak?
Bob Dreyfuss

Iyad Allawi, Muqtada al-Sadr mull an anti-Maliki alliance as the prime minister cracks down on protests.

March 7, 2011
The DNC Wants Out of Afghanistan
Bob Dreyfuss

The Democratic National Committee, thanks to Barbara Lee, reminds Obama about his July deadline.

February 28, 2011
Afghanistan War: What Is It Good For?
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The War in Afghanistan is the longest in US history and the most expensive. What are we doing there?

February 9, 2011
Quote of the Day: Petraeus, Vampire?
Bob Dreyfuss

General Petraeus speaks on sinking his teeth into Afghanistan.

January 26, 2011
The Afghan Election Crisis
Bob Dreyfuss

A flawed parliamentary election in September has inflamed politics and pushed the country closer to civil war, on top of the insurgency already underway.

January 21, 2011
Quote of the Day: Iraq? 'We're Outta Here'
Bob Dreyfuss

A US military chaplain in Iraq says it's time to go.

January 18, 2011
Netanyahu: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Bob Dreyfuss

Israeli leader angered by Mossad chief's comment that Iran won't have a bomb before 2015.

January 12, 2011
Quote of the Day: Sniffing Out Afghan Corruption—or Not
Bob Dreyfuss

Missouri democrat to ex-Marine whose office is charged with mishandling millions of dollars intended for Afghanistan reconstruction. "I don't mean to be cruel. I don't think you're the right person for this job."

January 11, 2011
Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It? (Guantánamo Turns 9)
The Notion

What we see when we see the photos of the first twenty detainees the Bush administration transferred to Camp X-Ray.

January 11, 2011
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