US Wars and Military Action

Gitmo in Disarray Gitmo in Disarray

Ethical conflicts and judicial dysfunction cloud the military commissions system at Guantánamo.

May 8, 2008 / Ross Tuttle

Pentagon Pundits Scandal: Ignored Pentagon Pundits Scandal: Ignored

Why is the media ignoring one of the biggest political scandals in recent memory?

Apr 28, 2008 / The Daily Show

Phil Donahue on the Bleak Future of Iraq Phil Donahue on the Bleak Future of Iraq

Why isn't Phil Donahue back on television? Because he speaks the truth.

Apr 28, 2008 / The Young Turks

Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year

The psychological wounds of war will be with us for years to come.

Apr 24, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

Apr 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / R.H. Lossin

Phil Donahue’s War Phil Donahue’s War

His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Painful Performance Painful Performance

By urging lawmakers to stay the course in Iraq, General David Petraeus remained loyal to his President, but failed the American people.

Apr 9, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Contract Justice Contract Justice

An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.

Apr 6, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Another KBR Rape Case Another KBR Rape Case

In the wake of Jamie Leigh Jones's highly publicized charges, a woman comes forward with new allegations of a brutal sexual assault and cover-up at a KBR camp in Iraq.

Apr 3, 2008 / Feature / Karen Houppert

Questions of Loyalty Questions of Loyalty

Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War challenge the notion that the South Vietnam government was a dysfunctional pseudo-state.

Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass

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