General Discharge General Discharge
Firing McChrystal is not nearly as important as doing away with his counterinsurgency policies.
Jun 23, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Can Gen. McChrystal. Then, Can Afghan Policy Can Gen. McChrystal. Then, Can Afghan Policy
Now that McChrystal has fragged himself, President Obama has a chance to get Afghanistan policy right. In 2009, after two reviews, he blew it—twice. Will he squander the oppo...
Jun 23, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Gates on McChrystal: Just an ‘Oops’ Gates on McChrystal: Just an ‘Oops’
It looks like Secretary of Defense Gates is trying to save McChrystal's skin. Here's hoping that Obama isn't listening.
Jun 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Fire McChrystal Fire McChrystal
The insurbordinate general commanding the war in Afghanistan goes off the reservation—way, way off the reservation—in an interview with Rolling Stone.
Jun 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Slide Show: A New Iraq Tethered by Old Legacies Slide Show: A New Iraq Tethered by Old Legacies
In April 2010, Human Rights Watch researcher Samer Muscati traveled across Iraq to assess the human rights situation seven years after US and Coalition forces invaded the country.
Jun 21, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan
Indictments, investigations and scandals have not stopped the State Department from giving Blackwater another $120 million contract for "diplomatic security" in Afghanist...
Jun 19, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Greg Grandin on BP, Beck and Ongoing Troubles in Latin America Greg Grandin on BP, Beck and Ongoing Troubles in Latin America
NYU professor and Nation writer Greg Grandin on GRITtv discussing Honduras, Colombia and Glenn Beck's "particular brand of Americanism that can't escape a tourette-like refere...
Jun 18, 2010 / GRITtv
Getting Out in 2011 Getting Out in 2011
Now we know that President Obama secured a pledge from the generals that they would either turn over the war to the Afghans by 2011 or get out. Will Congress hold the president to ...
Jun 17, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Against Boycott and Divestment Against Boycott and Divestment
Punishing Israel's most progressive elements will not help to end the occupation.
Jun 16, 2010 / Feature / Bernard Avishai
Trillion-Dollar War Trillion-Dollar War
The war in Afghanistan might cost the United States a trillion dollars. Now we find out that it's worth it: Afghanistan has a trillion dollars worth of mineral wealth under it...
Jun 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss