US Wars and Military Action

Newtown, Afghanistan Newtown, Afghanistan

Isn't a slaughtered child is a slaughtered child, regardless of where they come from?

Dec 24, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

On the Front Lines of a New Pacific War

On the Front Lines of a New Pacific War On the Front Lines of a New Pacific War

The US military’s aggressive Asia-Pacific strategy is escalating tensions with China and prompting local resistance throughout the region.

Dec 14, 2012 / Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander

With the War in Afghanistan Ending, Where Does the Peace Movement Go Next?

With the War in Afghanistan Ending, Where Does the Peace Movement Go Next? With the War in Afghanistan Ending, Where Does the Peace Movement Go Next?

Peace forces could join with labor, civil rights and environmental coalitions to pressure Obama to “do some nation-building here at home.”

Dec 14, 2012 / Tom Hayden

The US Military Approves Bombing Children The US Military Approves Bombing Children

It’s not just all “military age males” being targeted in Afghanistan. Now, it’s kids, too, says the Military Times.

Dec 4, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Barack Obama Story (Updated)

The Barack Obama Story (Updated) The Barack Obama Story (Updated)

How did a community organizer and a constitutional law professor become an extrajudicial, drone-happy president? 

Dec 4, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks

The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks

A combination of diplomacy, legal challenges and activism could end the program of US drone strikes.

Nov 30, 2012 / Tom Hayden

The War of the Image Managers The War of the Image Managers

How can two generals be hailed as military heroes, when the wars they commanded failed spectacularly?

Nov 29, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Generals Behaving Badly

Generals Behaving Badly Generals Behaving Badly

Petraeus may have had the affair, but we're all responsible for the U.S' worshipful embrace of our military generals. 

Nov 29, 2012 / William J. Astore

Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded

Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded

If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?

Nov 20, 2012 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro’s LBJ Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro’s LBJ

In The Passage of Power, Robert Caro shows that LBJ’s brilliance as a politician lay not in his idealism but his opportunism.

Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney

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