2010: Year of Reckoning?
With would-be terrorists -- however inept -- scattered around the planet, we keep pushing the Sisyphusian boulder up the slopes of the Hindu Kush.
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In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities: Why War Will Take No Holiday in 2010
Here's my fantasy this holiday season: I'd like, that is, to obliterate TomDispatch, for without the Afghan war, my website would never have existed. Here's the saddest thing: I know full well that its future is assured as long as I care to do it.
Army Halts Delivery of Christmas Gifts to Front Lines
Kabul, Afghanistan -- "Mr. Edwards, We're not going to be able to get you to Jalalabad. Enemy activity has increased in the last few days, the troops are at it 24/7." My brain stalled, I was stunned.
Hollywood Politics: Up in the Air
Opposition to the war saturates the atmosphere of many films, but it's not explicit. The focus is on the personal price that's paid -- as if the war were a condition of nature, like earthquakes.
A Response to Joe Klein
Some of our regular army and reservists have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for nearly a decade -- longer than WWI and WWII combined. There is a limit to what even superb soldiers like ours can withstand.
It's Official! Tiger's Affairs Are More Important Than 9-11
A new exploitative media low was reached this week when the New York Post featured a front page story on Tiger Woods for something like the 19th strai...
Bush Intentionally Let Osama bin Laden Escape, Asserts Congressman Hinchey
Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) is a progressive Democrat serving his ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a member of the powerf...
Obama's Clinical Trial on Afghanistan
Walking the streets of this ancient and haunting city, imbibing its culture and recalling its history, one can easily recognize why it suffers from a condition that can only be described as "perpetual dysfunction."
Mr. President: You've Earned Your Stripes, Now Let's End the Gay Ban in 2010
Besides health care and Afghanistan, there are urgent initiatives that need to get done. On this short list should be the repeal of DADT.
Obama's Nobel Lecture: Speaking Truth From Power?
Obama's Nobel lecture might have showed us that the US has reached a turning point: either the national security monster we've created is going to eat us alive by bankrupting the country or we're going to have to shift course.
Peace Is Not Enough: Thoughts on Obama's Nobel Speech
Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10th, and his acceptance speech, a forum in which legendary statemen...
Tony Blair Must Be Charged With War Crimes
Tony Blair's stunning admission to the BBC that he would have invaded Iraq regardless of whether there had been Weapons of Mass Destruction revealed t...
Are Crippling Droughts the Next Great Threat to Iraq?
The flow of the Euphrates that reaches Iraq is down, according to scientific estimates, by 50% to 70% and falling further by the week. The water shortage here has not been worse for at least the last two centuries.
Army Record Suicide Rate Continues, and Will Continue for Some Time
The Army reported that suicides are yet again at an all time high. This isn't to say every soldier deployed frequently and for long periods will kill him or herself. But there's a "significant link" for many of those who do.
US Swagger Equals Foreign Policy Disaster
If Iran offers to swap its low-enriched uranium for higher grade uranium, does the US have the right to dismiss it because it doesn't meet our conditions?
Arianna On The 'Supreme Irony' Of Obama's Nobel Speech (VIDEO)
Arianna appeared on "The Joy Behar Show" Thursday evening with Behar and radio host Stephanie Miller, where she weighed in on President Obama's Nobel ...
While Dying, Editor & Publisher Showed Journalism How To Live
While I greatly mourn E&P's passing, I want to call attention to the splendor of its final years, when it died like a supernova, with a great burst of energy.
Top 6 Obama Quotes: Guide to his Global, Nobel Journey
"If you can tell people, 'We have a president in the White House who still has a grandmother living in a hut on the shores of Lake Victoria and ha...
The Best Books of the Decade
Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."
Caution: Surge Ahead ... and Slide Back
It seems that we've taken yet another step backward with this new headlong offensive aimed at "peace and prosperity" -- and no amount of linguistic manipulation toward "forward movement" can effectively counter that actuality.
Condoleezza Rice's Smoking Gun
When I began investigating Condoleezza Rice four years ago, I had no idea she was complicit in torture.
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