What Was I Fighting For? What Was I Fighting For?
I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan. We need a clear mission, an exit strategy and a commitment to diplomacy.
May 18, 2009 / Rick Reyes
McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight
His new role can only mean an intensified campaign of secret--and dirty--warfare in the remote villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
May 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Understanding the Long War Understanding the Long War
A "Long War" may be underway in South and Central Asia and the Middle East that could last fifty years. Only a fifty-year commitment to peace can prevent it.
May 7, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Time for the Reckoning? Time for the Reckoning?
Momentum is growing for some form of official accountability on the Bush administration's practice of torture, surveillance and detentions without trial.
May 6, 2009 / David Cole
The Plight of Women Soldiers The Plight of Women Soldiers
More women have fought and died in Iraq than in all the wars since World War II put together. Yet the US military continues to treat them like second class citizens.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Helen Benedict
US Troops Told to ‘Hunt People for Jesus’ US Troops Told to ‘Hunt People for Jesus’
Evangelicals serving in Afghanistan add spreading Christianity to list of duties in defiance of US military law.
May 4, 2009 / Al Jazeera
Four Dead in Ohio Four Dead in Ohio
Today is the 39th anniversary of the killings of four student antiwar protesters at Kent State University.
May 4, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be? Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be?
Why dead Afghan civilians aren't collateral damage but the heart of the matter.
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Obama’s Nuclear Challenge Obama’s Nuclear Challenge
Obama's promise to move toward disarmament is not the same as achieving it.
Apr 15, 2009 / Jonathan Schell
The Gates Revolution The Gates Revolution
The ghosts of Vietnam are everywhere, as counterinsurgency makes a comeback in the Pentagon budget.
Apr 15, 2009 / Michael T. Klare