A Flawed Strategy and a Failed War in Afghanistan A Flawed Strategy and a Failed War in Afghanistan
Obama's strategy in Afghanistan lacks a clear, achievable mission, isn't in our national security interest and costs too much in treasure and lives.
May 26, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pentagon Seeks Contractor to Move Weapons Through Pakistan/Afghanistan Pentagon Seeks Contractor to Move Weapons Through Pakistan/Afghanistan
The military's new contract solicitation suggests that private contractors are being used to get around the policy that the US does not conduct operations in Pakistan.
May 25, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Don’t Plan Vacation in Kabul Don’t Plan Vacation in Kabul
The State Department wants you to know that Afghanistan isn't safe.
May 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
General Petraeus’s Secret Ops General Petraeus’s Secret Ops
If Obama knew about Petraeus's order to expand Special Ops in the Middle East and Asia, then he is a dangerous militarist. If he didn't know, he's a feckless incompetent. Take...
May 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Being Muslim Is No Crime Being Muslim Is No Crime
Since 2001, the treatment of the Muslim community in America, especially by law enforcement authorities, has made no sense at all.
May 24, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
The Breakdown: Can the US Government Assassinate You? The Breakdown: Can the US Government Assassinate You?
The Obama Administration has authorized the killing of American-born Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. If the administration can kill US citizens without due process, where does t...
May 21, 2010 / Chris Hayes
More Secret Talks with the Taliban More Secret Talks with the Taliban
Afghanistan is talking to the Taliban again, but there's no sign that President Obama wants any part of it.
May 20, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The F Word: Kabul, I Think We Have A Problem The F Word: Kabul, I Think We Have A Problem
Sure, we have an international mission to secure Afghanistan, but what does it say when a suicide bomber can drive 1,600 pounds of explosives into a NATO convoy?
May 19, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism” Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism”
The deeper strategic incoherence that lies under the president's AfPak flip-flop.
May 17, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Bipartisan Mercs?: Blackwater Hires Powerful Democratic Lobbyist Bipartisan Mercs?: Blackwater Hires Powerful Democratic Lobbyist
Stuart Eizenstat was a power player in the Clinton and Carter administrations. Now he's a lobbyist for George W Bush's favorite mercenary company.
May 14, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill