The 2014 Timetable for Afghanistan The 2014 Timetable for Afghanistan
Another four years of war in Afghanistan is far too long, but at least the administration is talking about an end point.
Nov 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
US Influence Weakens in Iraq, Iran Gains US Influence Weakens in Iraq, Iran Gains
Kurds rebuff Obama and Biden, and Iraqi Sunnis fail to gain their fair share of power.
Nov 12, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Netanyahu Bolstered by GOP Gains Netanyahu Bolstered by GOP Gains
Israel's blustery prime minister is feeling his oats after the Republican gains on November 2, and Iran is a target.
Nov 10, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Hawks Wild on Iran, But Obama Has No Strategy Hawks Wild on Iran, But Obama Has No Strategy
In the Iran talks, Obama seems determined to make Iran an offer that it can, and will, refuse.
Nov 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Must Acknowledge Iran’s Right to Enrich Obama Must Acknowledge Iran’s Right to Enrich
So far, the president hasn't declared that Iran has the right to enrich uranium, even as part of a final deal to settle the crisis over the Iranian nuclear program. It's time.
Nov 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe
King Abdullah tries to broker an deal in Iraq, settle with the Taliban, solve the Fatah-Hamas divide and, yes, he's talking to Ahmadinejad, too.
Nov 2, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
IAEA Ex-Inspector Says Iran Is Bungling Its Nuke Program IAEA Ex-Inspector Says Iran Is Bungling Its Nuke Program
Still hawkish, IAEA's Heinonen says Iran's centrifuges aren't working well and that Tehran will face enormous difficulty if it decides to refine its uranium to weapons-grade qualit...
Nov 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
War in Yemen: CIA to Get Control of Special Forces, Drones? War in Yemen: CIA to Get Control of Special Forces, Drones?
War in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, possible attack on Iran—oh, what the heck, why not Yemen, too?
Nov 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Save Tariq Aziz! Save Tariq Aziz!
Killing the former foreign minister of Iraq, who was often a moderating voice, is an act of bloody revenge by Prime Minister Maliki's Dawa party, a group that tried to assassinate ...
Oct 29, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan: Are We Succeeding or Not? Does It Matter? Afghanistan: Are We Succeeding or Not? Does It Matter?
The military and the intelligence agencies are putting out contradictory reports about whether the surge in Afghanistan is working, or not? In the end, Obama can choose to get...
Oct 27, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss