The Afghanistan War: Year Ten The Afghanistan War: Year Ten
Nearing a decade of conflict in Afghanistan, the US armed forces are quickly turning into quagmire specialists.
Oct 8, 2010 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Losing the War’s Beginning Losing the War’s Beginning
War seems simply to be the way it is. We have always been at war in Afghanistan. We will always be at war in Afghanistan. Or maybe Pakistan. Or both.
Oct 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking
Finally, after ten years, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Oct 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Long War Obama’s Long War
Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars is essential reading for anyone seeking a map out of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Oct 6, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Fair Warning Fair Warning
In Our Orbit: Tom Engelhardt's The American Way of War.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq
Seven months after Iraq's parliamentary election, there’s the first glimmer of a chance that an Iraqi government coalition might be within reach.
Oct 5, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Lieberman gives Obama a deadline of the end of 2010 before he has to take the military option, yes, "off the table."
Oct 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill Gets a Shoutout on the Colbert Report Jeremy Scahill Gets a Shoutout on the Colbert Report
Despite what McCain thinks, the US military doesn't always do things according to official policy. Stephen Colbert knows that, and so does Jeremy Scahill.
Oct 1, 2010 / Press Room
Crisis in Pakistan: Possible Army Coup in Works, as US and Pakistan Clash Crisis in Pakistan: Possible Army Coup in Works, as US and Pakistan Clash
Playing its trump card, Pakistan has shut down a supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Oct 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The War Addicts The War Addicts
Are the Pentagon and US military high command addicted not to victory, but to the state of war itself?
Sep 30, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt