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The Golden Age of Special Operations (Government, US Wars and Military Action)

Globalizing the global war on terror.

Andrew J. Bacevich
Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare (Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action)

The new trajectory of US warfare.

Francis Reynolds
How to Forget on Memorial Day (US Wars and Military Action, Society)

Whistling past the graveyard of empires.

Tom Engelhardt
NATO forces
Why Is NATO Necessary? (War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action, World)

We should shrink the alliance’s budget and ambitions and focus on the greatest threat to the West: economic crisis.

The Editors
The Drone Summit and Why the Washington Correspondents' Dinner Wasn't Funny (Civilian Casualties, Global Justice Movement, Peace Activism, US Wars and Military Action)

At the first International Drone Summit, advocates call for transparency and an end to the US policies that rain terror from the sky.

Loren Fogel
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney's Neocon War Cabinet (Election 2012, Foreign Policy, Conservatives and the American Right, US Wars and Military Action)

Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.

Ari Berman
The Obama Contradiction (Foreign Policy, Government, US Wars and Military Action)

Weakling at home, imperial president abroad.

Tom Engelhardt
Wars of Attrition from Vietnam to Afghanistan (US Military Presence Abroad, US Wars and Military Action)

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

Nick Turse
Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride (Foreign Policy, War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

How Pakistan makes Washington pay for the Afghan war.

Dilip Hiro
What the Laws of War Allow (War and Peace, Law, US Wars and Military Action)

Do the WikiLeaks War Logs reveal war crimes? Or do they reveal the poverty of international law?

Chase Madar

Blogs

The War in Afghanistan Is No Longer Tenable in Congress
George Zornick

Republicans refused to allow a vote on an accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan, because they knew it would pass. 

May 18, 2012
A New Politics That Rejects Austerity and Wars of Whim
John Nichols
May 17, 2012
The Osama-Obama Drama
Robert Dreyfuss

There's a downside to assassinating bin Laden, too, but don't expect the White House to acknowledge it.

May 1, 2012
'Such an Instrument Is a Standing Army'
Eric Alterman

Eric on his return to Yale. Reed reviews Rachel Maddow's new book, Drift.

April 5, 2012
More Than Two-Thirds Oppose Afghan War
Robert Dreyfuss

Obama should capitalize on antiwar sentiment in the election.

March 27, 2012
Students Hold Vigil for 16 People Shot by US Soldier in Afghanistan
Extra Credit

The candlelight vigil, which was organized by the UC Berkeley Afghan Student Association, was one of many held worldwide.

March 14, 2012
Sergeant Massacre
Robert Dreyfuss

Obama is considering a quicker pullout, and it looks like Santorum and Gingrich agree.

March 13, 2012
Afghanistan's Haditha: An Atrocity to End the War
Robert Dreyfuss

Burning babies—yes, it has come to this.

March 12, 2012
Obama's Dangerous 'Red Line' on Iran
Robert Dreyfuss

As talks resume, it’s time for Obama to make a serious offer to Tehran.

March 7, 2012
McCain and Hawks Want to Bomb Iran, Syria
Robert Dreyfuss

But Obama shoots down warmongering by Netanyahu.

March 6, 2012