The Stimulus Package in Kabul The Stimulus Package in Kabul
If you thought our monster embassy in Afghanistan was going to be the end of it, consider that we're now set to stay in the country long after Obama's 2011 withdrawal deadline.
Nov 15, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Time to Stop Making Nice to the Military Time to Stop Making Nice to the Military
President Obama's go-slow approach to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" discrimination in the military has left repeal on life support in a lame-duck session of Congress.
Nov 11, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Lies of Islamophobia The Lies of Islamophobia
When it comes to US foreign policy and the Muslim world, it’s as if we remain fixed in the eleventh century in a perpetual battle of “us” against “the...
Nov 8, 2010 / John Feffer
The New American Isolationism The New American Isolationism
The cost of turning away from war's horrific realities.
Nov 1, 2010 / William J. Astore
Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents
Documents recently released by WikiLeaks confirm that the Pentagon knew about the real civilian death toll in Iraq, and that security forces were torturing detainees.
Oct 26, 2010 / Press Room
NATO Backs Taliban Peace Talks NATO Backs Taliban Peace Talks
With Bob Gates on the way out, and a new national security adviser who's a war skeptic, Obama has shifted gears on negotiating with the Taliban.
Oct 14, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Judge Issues Injunction Effectively Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Judge Issues Injunction Effectively Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
The Log Cabin Republicans triumph in a lawsuit that could end DADT—unless the Obama administration appeals the ruling.
Oct 13, 2010 / John Nichols
The War Addicts The War Addicts
Are the Pentagon and US military high command addicted not to victory, but to the state of war itself?
Sep 30, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
The Washington Gossip Machine The Washington Gossip Machine
Once a serious journalist, the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward now makes a very fine living as chief gossip-monger of the governing class.
Sep 27, 2010 / Andrew J. Bacevich
One and a Half Cheers for American Decline One and a Half Cheers for American Decline
US troops in Afghanistan are coming home whether Washington wants them to or not, whether there's an antiwar movement or not. And it's going to happen more quickly than anyon...
Sep 21, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt