Don’t Plan Vacation in Kabul Don’t Plan Vacation in Kabul
The State Department wants you to know that Afghanistan isn't safe.
May 25, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
General Petraeus’s Secret Ops General Petraeus’s Secret Ops
If Obama knew about Petraeus's order to expand Special Ops in the Middle East and Asia, then he is a dangerous militarist. If he didn't know, he's a feckless incompetent. Take...
May 25, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Being Muslim Is No Crime Being Muslim Is No Crime
Since 2001, the treatment of the Muslim community in America, especially by law enforcement authorities, has made no sense at all.
May 24, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
The Breakdown: Can the US Government Assassinate You? The Breakdown: Can the US Government Assassinate You?
The Obama Administration has authorized the killing of American-born Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. If the administration can kill US citizens without due process, where does t...
May 21, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
More Secret Talks with the Taliban More Secret Talks with the Taliban
Afghanistan is talking to the Taliban again, but there's no sign that President Obama wants any part of it.
May 20, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The F Word: Kabul, I Think We Have A Problem The F Word: Kabul, I Think We Have A Problem
Sure, we have an international mission to secure Afghanistan, but what does it say when a suicide bomber can drive 1,600 pounds of explosives into a NATO convoy?
May 19, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism” Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism”
The deeper strategic incoherence that lies under the president's AfPak flip-flop.
May 17, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Bipartisan Mercs?: Blackwater Hires Powerful Democratic Lobbyist Bipartisan Mercs?: Blackwater Hires Powerful Democratic Lobbyist
Stuart Eizenstat was a power player in the Clinton and Carter administrations. Now he's a lobbyist for George W Bush's favorite mercenary company.
May 14, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
The Banquo’s Ghost of Israeli Foreign Policy The Banquo’s Ghost of Israeli Foreign Policy
As Israel wages an international battle for its legitimacy, a new book details the country’s secret alliance with South Africa’s apartheid regime.
May 14, 2010 / Max Blumenthal
Obama’s ‘Hopeless’ Af-Pak Strategy Obama’s ‘Hopeless’ Af-Pak Strategy
Nation Contributing Editor Christian Parenti talks about Obama’s lack of planning when it comes to Af-Pak.
May 14, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room