Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value
On Tuesday, several of the nation's top military officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, spoke out in fa...
Feb 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama
Who says the president is failing to show leadership? In one area at least, there's no sign of flag or falter. If anything, the administration's only becoming more forthright. Sad ...
Feb 3, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Hijinks or Undercover Ops? Hijinks or Undercover Ops?
If four politically-motivated young men with left-wing (or Muslim), rather than right-wing ties, broke into the office of a senior Senate Homeland Security Committee member and gai...
Feb 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Talking to the Taliban, Again Talking to the Taliban, Again
Is there any chance that the logjam on negotiating an end to the war in Afghanistan is loosening up? So far the United States seems to be taking a hands-off attitude.
Feb 2, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Insulting China Insulting China
Just like Hong Kong, soon enough Taiwan -- the so-called Republic of China -- will be absorbed into China proper. It's a goner. The sheer force of China's gravitational pull will d...
Feb 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Two Cheers for Obama on Foreign Affairs Two Cheers for Obama on Foreign Affairs
It was a pleasure to listen to a State of the Union address, especially after eight years of his predecessor's alarmist warnings and warlike thundering, in which war, terrorism, an...
Jan 28, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Manifesto: Ending the War A Manifesto: Ending the War
How will the war in Afghanistan end? This isn't a trick question. The answer is simple: the war will end when President Obama signs an order ending it; that is, when the president ...
Jan 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Petraeus Gets It Wrong Petraeus Gets It Wrong
Yesterday, I had a chance to question General David Petraeus about President Obama's Afghan timetable, and what he had to say leads one to suspect that if Petraeus, McChrystal, and...
Jan 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
What Haiti Is Owed What Haiti Is Owed
For much of Haiti's existence, foreign powers have used debt not just to control but to plunder it.
Jan 21, 2010 / The Editors
Muscling Latin America Muscling Latin America
The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Greg Grandin