Creeping Militarism? Creeping Militarism?
A strange week of war. Israeli historian Benny Morris placed a bloodcurdling and bizarre op-ed in the New York Times, insisting that only an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear faci...
Jul 21, 2008 / TomDispatch
Regime Change Regime Change
According to the AP, Maliki's spokesperson essentially just reiterated (in English!) his support for Obama's timeline. What's truly amazing about this turn of events is that it m...
Jul 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mistranslation? Mistranslation?
Lots of others have commented on the absurd walkback of Maliki's explicit endorsement of Barack Obama's vision for a withdrawal timeline. But to me the most significant part of th...
Jul 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama
Every major Democratic player came to Texas to engage with online activists who have been key to their success. So why do netroots continue to be cast as angry and estranged?
Jul 21, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
MoveOn @ Ten MoveOn @ Ten
I'm back from Austin and will be posting some thoughts on Netroots Nation later today. In the meantime, I wanted to link to the cover story I wrote about MoveOn. I had the somewh...
Jul 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Going Green Going Green
In his Washington Post column last Friday, EJ Dionne writes that Al Gore is playing "his usual role of unpaid party visionary by arguing that we can ease the climate crisis, the e...
Jul 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama in Afghanistan: Careful What You Wish For Obama in Afghanistan: Careful What You Wish For
He says Afghanistan is the war America should be fighting. But on this much-ballyhooed listening tour, will he be hearing anything he doesn't already know?
Jul 20, 2008 / Feature / Graham Usher
Flash! Bin Laden Calls Iraq “Distraction” Flash! Bin Laden Calls Iraq “Distraction”
Osama bin Laden, the leader-in-hiding of Al Qaeda, announced today that his organization was shifting resources from Iraq to Afghanistan. "Iraq is not the central front in the Wa...
Jul 20, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Maliki’s Obama Endorsement Maliki’s Obama Endorsement
In a huge setback for John McCain and the Bush Administration, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki endorses Barack Obama's timeline for withdrawal--and the presumptive Democratic n...
Jul 19, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Obama’s Wrong Turn in Afghanistan Obama’s Wrong Turn in Afghanistan
Running for president is a perilous endeavor. Candidates make mistakes. And Barack Obama is making a serious mistake this weekend. As he tours Afghanistan, the senator from Illi...
Jul 19, 2008 / John Nichols