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Washington's Nightmare in Afghanistan (War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

Why Afghan history is a sobering antidote to the relentless optimism of the American military.

Ann Jones
Fanning the Flames in Afghanistan (War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

How US (in)actions have all but ensured a failed end to its presence in Afghanistan.

Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse
The Arrival of the Warrior Corporation (US Wars and Military Action)

How drone war became the American way of war.

Tom Engelhardt
Scoring the Global War on Terror (US Politics, US Wars and Military Action)

From liberation to assassination, in three quick rounds.

Andrew J. Bacevich
Washington's War in Yemen Backfires (War and Peace, Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action)

How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.

Jeremy Scahill
'Losing' the World, Part One (US Politics, US Wars and Military Action, World)

American decline, from a historical perspective.

Noam Chomsky
450 Bases and Counting (Covert Ops, US Military Presence Abroad, US Wars and Military Action)

The Pentagon’s Afghan basing plans for prisons, drones and black ops.

Nick Turse
Drone flies above Afghanistan
A Brief History of Drones (Civilian Casualties, Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action)

With the invention of drones, we crossed into a new frontier: killing that’s risk-free, remote, and detached from human cues.

John Sifton
Kicking Down the World's Door (Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action)

How drones, special operations forces and the US Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it.

Tom Engelhardt
Jeremy Scahill: Obama the Hawk (Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, US Wars and Military Action)

The Obama administration's alternatives to large-scale military operations are, in some ways, far more drastic and dangerous for US interests around the globe.

Francis Reynolds

Blogs

Ten Years Ago Today a Dixie Chick Dared to Hit Bush on War—and a Hate Campaign Began
Greg Mitchell

The group's career suffered over Natalie Maines' comment against invading Iraq.

March 10, 2013
This Is What a 'Talking Filibuster' Sounds Like
John Nichols

Rand Paul provided an illustration of what filibuster reformers have been seeking.

March 7, 2013
Is DoD's Asia 'Pivot' Dead?
Bob Dreyfuss

Let’s hope the Obama administration kills the expensive and misguided China containment plan.

March 7, 2013
Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President
John Nichols

Members of the party of a sitting president have a higher responsibility to raise constitutional concerns about drone policy.

February 10, 2013
Why Hagel So Frightens Neocons and Guardians of the Military-Industrial Complex
John Nichols

The former Republican senator has an independent streak that unsettles Republicans, and even some Democrats. 

January 31, 2013
Nick Turse: The US Military Regularly Killed Civilians in Vietnam
Nation in the News

A new book shows that incidents like the My Lai massacre were part of the widescale killing of non-combatants.

January 30, 2013
New Report Says Afghan Security Forces Abuse, Kill Civilians
Bob Dreyfuss

As US forces prepare to pull out, are we leaving Afghanistan on the brink of chaos and civil war?

January 29, 2013
'Dirty Wars,' Featuring Jeremy Scahill, Wins a Top Prize at Sundance
Greg Mitchell

The documentary on covert operations around the world takes home the Cinematography award.

January 27, 2013
Will Chuck Hagel's Appointment Actually Help the Anti-War Left?
Phyllis Bennis

The man Obama recently nominated for Secretary of Defense could alter the trajectory of the president’as center-right military policy.

January 8, 2013
When the Great Judgment Call Came, Hagel Handed Bush a Blank Check
John Nichols

Arguments will be made for Obama’s Defense pick. But Hagel’s vote to authorize Bush and Cheney to attack Iraq should raise eyebrows—and questions.

January 7, 2013