Obama’s Long War Obama’s Long War
Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars is essential reading for anyone seeking a map out of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Oct 6, 2010 / Editorial / Tom Hayden
United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq
Seven months after Iraq's parliamentary election, there’s the first glimmer of a chance that an Iraqi government coalition might be within reach.
Oct 5, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Lieberman gives Obama a deadline of the end of 2010 before he has to take the military option, yes, "off the table."
Oct 4, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Crisis in Pakistan: Possible Army Coup in Works, as US and Pakistan Clash Crisis in Pakistan: Possible Army Coup in Works, as US and Pakistan Clash
Playing its trump card, Pakistan has shut down a supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Oct 1, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
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
Questioning the Cycle of War Questioning the Cycle of War
In our longest war, we have yet to even begin to grapple with the whys of war and the what-war-really-is questions.
Sep 29, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Petraeus Cites Karzai-Taliban Peace Talks, While American Troops Escalate War Petraeus Cites Karzai-Taliban Peace Talks, While American Troops Escalate War
US forces step up bombing of Pakistan and threaten cross-border ground attacks, and launch offensive in three districts around Kandahar
Sep 28, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
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
Woodward: Obama Wants Out of Afghanistan Woodward: Obama Wants Out of Afghanistan
Obama is aware of the danger of morphing into George W. Bush.
Sep 22, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
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