US Military

Quote of the Day: Iraq? ‘We’re Outta Here’ Quote of the Day: Iraq? ‘We’re Outta Here’

A US military chaplain in Iraq says it's time to go.

Jan 18, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It? (Guantánamo Turns 9) Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It? (Guantánamo Turns 9)

What we see when we see the photos of the first twenty detainees the Bush administration transferred to Camp X-Ray.

Jan 11, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein

Gates Lectured by China’s Defense Minister Gates Lectured by China’s Defense Minister

Chinese tell Pentagon chief that US arms sales to Taiwan are a threat to China's "core interests."

Jan 10, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Gates to China: ‘Times’ Hypes China’s Military Threat, Again Gates to China: ‘Times’ Hypes China’s Military Threat, Again

Imagine! A great world power wants to expand its military reach.

Jan 6, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire

What it means when Obama says we have the world’s finest fighting force.

Jan 6, 2011 / William J. Astore

Times Joins Pentagon on China’s ‘Naval Ambitions’ Times Joins Pentagon on China’s ‘Naval Ambitions’

The editors want more weapons and military "steadfastedness" against Beijing.

Jan 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill

Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...

Dec 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders

A Flood of Drone Strikes A Flood of Drone Strikes

What the WikiLeaks revelations tell us about how Washington runs Pakistan.

Dec 9, 2010 / Fatima Bhutto

Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard

Under Obama, the American war dead have, it seems, like the war they are now fighting, generally gone into the dustbin of news coverage.

Dec 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Greg Mitchell And Chris Hayes Examine the WikiLeaks Outrage Greg Mitchell And Chris Hayes Examine the WikiLeaks Outrage

 On MSNBC's Countdown, Greg Mitchell and Chris Hayes ask, has WikiLeaks' Julian Assange really endangered lives?

Dec 3, 2010 / Press Room

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