US Wars and Military Action

Times Joins Pentagon on China’s ‘Naval Ambitions’ Times Joins Pentagon on China’s ‘Naval Ambitions’

The editors want more weapons and military "steadfastedness" against Beijing.

Jan 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill

Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...

Dec 21, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Invading Pakistan? The Worst Idea Yet Invading Pakistan? The Worst Idea Yet

From dumb to dumber in Afghanistan: the US military wants to use Special Forces to invade Pakistan.

Dec 21, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

War in Yemen? John Brennan at Carnegie War in Yemen? John Brennan at Carnegie

President Obama's chief adviser on counterterrorism is mum on whether the administration is planning a covert war In Yemen.

Dec 20, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Getting Out of Iraq in 2011: Looks Like It Getting Out of Iraq in 2011: Looks Like It

The Obama administration, the Pentagon, and the Brookings Institution might want to keep American troops in Iraq for years, but the Iraqis have other ideas.

Dec 20, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Matthew Hoh’s Afghanistan: An Insider Talks Matthew Hoh’s Afghanistan: An Insider Talks

Why did the senior State Department representative resign from his Afghanistan post? The full interview.

Dec 17, 2010 / Barbara Koeppel

How the Afghan Counterinsurgency Threatens Pakistan

How the Afghan Counterinsurgency Threatens Pakistan How the Afghan Counterinsurgency Threatens Pakistan

Our war has radicalized Pakistanis, turning many against the West and their own government.

Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Anatol Lieven

Matthew Hoh’s Afghanistan: An Insider Talks Matthew Hoh’s Afghanistan: An Insider Talks

Why did the senior State Department representative resign from his Afghanistan post?

Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Koeppel

Tossing the Afghan COIN

Tossing the Afghan COIN Tossing the Afghan COIN

The US military's reinvented counterinsurgency turns out to be the same old brutal game.

Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Michael A. Cohen

Afghan Review: ‘Lookin’ Good,’ Says Obama Afghan Review: ‘Lookin’ Good,’ Says Obama

It's mostly spin, not substance, and the real fight over what to do in Afghanistan will come early next spring.

Dec 16, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

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