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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
Accusing Wikileaks of Murder (Civilian Casualties, US Military, US Wars and Military Action)

Bradley Manning, Washington and the blood of civilians.

Chase Madar
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The 'Crash and Burn' Future of Drone Warfare (Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action)

What seventy downed drones reveal about the new American way of war.

Nick Turse
A detainee at Guantánamo Bay
Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting (Jails and Prisons, US Wars and Military Action, The Constitution)

With Obama's signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the prison becomes a permanent fixture.

David Cole
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The Life and Death of American Drones (War and Peace, US Military, US Wars and Military Action)

What a busted robot airplane tells us about American empire in 2012 and beyond.

Nick Turse

Blogs

The Real Credibility Crisis in Washington: Congressional Republicans
Eric Alterman

Eric on the best TV series you have never heard of; and Reed on the sad state of republican politics.

September 13, 2013
The False Choice Between Military Action and Moral Complacency
Christopher Hayes

Obama makes his case for intervention in Syria.

September 11, 2013
The President Should Speak Again About the Necessity of ‘Open-Door’ Diplomacy
John Nichols

The president can and should explain the necessity of negotiation in the pursuit of a “just peace.”

September 10, 2013
Failures to Sell War Make a Strong Case for Diplomacy
Zoë Carpenter

Will President Obama’s prime-time address tonight signal a real shift in the White House’s Syria policy?

September 10, 2013
Congress Should Provide Advice, Not Consent, on Syria
John Nichols

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) will propose a diplomacy and accountability amendment.

September 10, 2013
On Syria: Don't Surrender to Trust
Rick Perlstein

When it comes to Syria, why should we trust President Obama? After all, he clearly doesn’t trust us.

September 9, 2013
The New Goliath
William Greider

The history of American militarism informs the administration’s schizophrenic posturing on Syria. 

September 6, 2013
Samantha Power Sells Action in Syria to the Left
Zoë Carpenter

The ambassador to the UN acknowledged that there are valid questions about military strikes, but her speech was short on convincing answers. 

September 6, 2013
Possible Compromise Bill on Syria Intervention Emerges in Senate
George Zornick

Senators float bill that would demand Assad sign Chemical Weapons Convention treaty.

September 6, 2013
The Lies at the Heart of the Obama/Kerry Push for War—and Why They've Backfired
Greg Mitchell

The truth may set them free, eventually.

September 6, 2013
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