Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget? Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget?
Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.
Jan 18, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
The Antiwar Case for Chuck Hagel The Antiwar Case for Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel is no leftist. But he has stood up to AIPAC, the defense industry and the neocons.
Jan 16, 2013 / Feature / Phyllis Bennis
The Real American War in Vietnam The Real American War in Vietnam
In his new book Kill Anything That Moves, Nick Turse shows that what were often presented as isolated atrocities were in fact the norm.
Jan 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Hooray for Hagel Hooray for Hagel
Rarely has the McCarthyite smear of “anti-Semitism” been revealed to be so empty as in the case of Obama’s DoD nominee.
Jan 9, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
Will Chuck Hagel’s Appointment Actually Help the Anti-War Left? Will Chuck Hagel’s Appointment Actually Help the Anti-War Left?
The man Obama recently nominated for Secretary of Defense could alter the trajectory of the president’as center-right military policy.
Jan 8, 2013 / Blog / Phyllis Bennis
The American System of Suffering, 1965–2014 The American System of Suffering, 1965–2014
When we will begin to learn the real lessons of Vietnam?
Jan 8, 2013 / Nick Turse
When the Great Judgment Call Came, Hagel Handed Bush a Blank Check When the Great Judgment Call Came, Hagel Handed Bush a Blank Check
Arguments will be made for Obama’s Defense pick. But Hagel’s vote to authorize Bush and Cheney to attack Iraq should raise eyebrows—and questions.
Jan 7, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
The Mess in Iraq The Mess in Iraq
Violence in Iraq is going from bad to worse, in tandem with neighboring Syria.
Jan 3, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The US Intelligence Community’s New Year Wish The US Intelligence Community’s New Year Wish
The National Intelligence Community’s Global Trends report reveals a future of continued fearmongering and American exceptionalism.
Jan 3, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Congress Will Be Diminished by the Departure of Dennis Kucinch Congress Will Be Diminished by the Departure of Dennis Kucinch
The Ohio Democrat opposed wars that needed to be opposed, fought to preserve civil liberties and always sided with workers and farmers against corporations.
Jan 3, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols