Robert Morgenthau’s Black Propaganda Robert Morgenthau’s Black Propaganda
Later this week, I'll write something more detailed about the Iranian nuclear issue. It's one that doesn't lend itself to rational dialogue all the time, but today's op-ed in the ...
Sep 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Readies Afghan Escalation Obama Readies Afghan Escalation
Don't look for surprises from President Obama on Afghanistan. During the two year campaign, and since taking office, he's been consistent. For Obama, Afghanistan is the right war,...
Sep 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghan Apocalypse, Part II Afghan Apocalypse, Part II
This is the second of two accounts of thinktank evaluations of the war in Afghanistan. The first was a report from the Brookings Institution on Tuesday. Today, the Heritage Founda...
Aug 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan Apocalypse Afghanistan Apocalypse
Yesterday afternoon at the Brookings Institution, four analysts portrayed a bleak and terrifying vision of the current state of affairs in Afghanistan in the wake of the president...
Aug 26, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran’ ‘Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran’
Iraq's Shiite religious parties, most with ties to Iran, have reestablished a political bloc called the Iraqi National Alliance. Among its founders are Ahmad Chalabi, the revered ...
Aug 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Washington Post Flops Washington Post Flops
This is a media rant. I'm not one of those people who are constantly berating the media (the so-called "mainstream media") for their failings. However, for quite a while I've been...
Aug 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Fixing Afghanistan Fixing Afghanistan
Some thoughts on Afghanistan, now that the election's come and gone. I don't usually find inspiration in the pages of the Washington Times, are rarely if ever in the writings of ...
Aug 21, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iraq Explodes Iraq Explodes
The news from the war capitals isn't good. In Kabul, the Taliban is carrying out attacks at the very center of Afghanistan's capital, rocketing the grounds of the presidential pal...
Aug 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Karzai, the Pashtuns, and the Taliban Karzai, the Pashtuns, and the Taliban
The prospects for Afghanistan's election on Thursday are murky, at best. The Taliban are threatening to disrupt the vote in areas south and east of Kabul, where they are strong,...
Aug 17, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
State Department: “Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!” State Department: “Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!”
President Obama, along with his adviser on counterterrorism, John Brennan, a White House deputy national security adviser, have tried to reorient US policy away from the nonsensic...
Aug 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss