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
Quote of the Day: Frank Gaffney Quote of the Day: Frank Gaffney
The Quote of the Day comes from the overlong feature in the Washington Post by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin on “Monitoring America:" “Members of our team have been involved in training programs for several years now, many of which have been focused on local law enforcement, intelligence, homeland security, state police, National Guard units and the like. We’re seeing a considerable ramping up of interest in getting this kind of training.” —Frank Gaffney, neoconservative extremist and Islamophobe, whose Center for Security Policy recently published “Sharia: The Threat to American,” a wildly distorted and alarmist attack on Islam and Muslim Americans. Don’t you feel better that Gaffney and his “team” are helping to train our police and intelligence officials? Like this Blog Post? Read it on get the Nation's free iPhone App, NationNow.
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
Haiti’s Structural Crisis Haiti’s Structural Crisis
The country needs profound, revolutionary change. Daily life is a struggle that is incomprehensible to most outsiders.
Dec 17, 2010 / James North
The Breakdown: Could Julian Assange be Prosecuted for Spying? The Breakdown: Could Julian Assange be Prosecuted for Spying?
Can Julian Assange and the New York Times face criminal prosecution under the federal Espionage Act?
Dec 17, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
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
Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep
With the US set to remain in Afghanistan until 2014, the war has taken on a life of its own, disconnected from any strategic goal.
Dec 16, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
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