Rethink Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.16.2012

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The war for hearts and minds is over. It's lost in Afghanistan, and it's lost at home. The president and Congress should do us all a favor and stop letting people get killed for it, and get our people out of there.

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Sorry's Not Good Enough in Afghanistan. Here's Why

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 04.29.2012

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It turns out that after all this time, all these lives, and all this money, not only have we not won over the Afghan street, we've not even won over the hearts and minds of the people we're giving guns and paychecks.

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Assembly Time

Kathy Kelly | Posted 02.26.2012

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Not only do Weeda and her co-workers assemble stories, documents and pictures from the families of victims of war, they also help build supportive communities amongst the families whose trust they have gained through their repeated visits.

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War Industry's Accountants Can't Count

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 02.21.2012

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The war profiteers' shady lobbying campaign took another hit to its credibility today, as an accounting firm on which they relied to support their bogus "military spending = jobs" argument was cited for severe audit deficiencies.

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No Success in Iraq -- Unless You're a War Profiteer

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 02.14.2012

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Nothing about the Iraq fiasco should be called a success, despite President Obama's attempt to provide closure to the troops misused and abused since the launch of that war.

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Five Things Afghan History Can Teach Us

Suleiman Wali | Posted 01.29.2012

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Today, Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic, a middle path between a secular and theocratic form of government. It's time to realize the potential of this compromise, and to allow the great powers of democracy and Islam to finally reconcile in Afghanistan.

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Afghan Reset

Edward Corcoran | Posted 01.18.2012

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The United States can help Afghans build a dynamic, prosperous country at a far lower cost than the current military effort.

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10 Reasons to Bring Our Troops Home From Afghanistan on 10th Anniversary of War

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 12.07.2011

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With bin Laden dead and al Qaeda largely gone from Afghanistan, I believe it is long past time to bring our troops home. On this 10th anniversary, I offer 10 reasons we should end the war in Afghanistan.

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Energizing Afghanistan -- Economic First Step

Edward Corcoran | Posted 12.06.2011

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Afghanistan is on the verge of blossoming into a modern nation and sweeping the Taliban aside, though almost no one believes this.

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Attack On U.S. Embassy Highlights Need To Exit Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 11.13.2011

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Political leaders and military commanders will dismiss the Taliban's recent coordinated assault on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul as a "one-off" incident. But the attack is a vivid reminder of how poorly things are going, and why America needs to leave.

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How Afghanistan Is Rebuilding Itself

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.12.2011

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"One of the things that people don't appreciate is how dramatically far Afghanistan has come in the last ten years, in terms of the capacity for governance."

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General Petraeus' Parting Spin

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.13.2011

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Violence in Afghanistan is at the highest levels observed in the 10-year conflict. The simple fact is that security for Afghans is worse now than it was before the Obama Administration's repeated escalations. Nothing General Petraeus can say will change this fact.

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Shift Against War Spending a Sign of People Power

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 08.27.2011

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We can't afford to spend a trillion dollars a year on the war budget. Thanks to constant pressure from fed-up Americans, Washington, D.C. is starting to get the message.

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Rally for Afghanistan

Edward Corcoran | Posted 08.22.2011

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A Rally for Afghanistan program needs to get everyday Afghans enthused about the potential for growth of their own country. Real change will not come from the top down, but from the bottom up as individual Afghans work to build their own country.

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A Groundswell for Significant Afghanistan Withdrawal

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 08.11.2011

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As President Obama prepares to announce his intentions for how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan this year, public opinion polls show a significant spike in the number of people who want to see big numbers of troops brought home.

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Memorial Day: Remembering Those Who Didn't Have To Die in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.30.2011

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Memorial Day is a national holiday dedicated to remembering Americans killed in wartime. This year, unfortunately, we remember war dead who didn't have to die, and unless Congress and the president act, we'll remember more needless deaths next year.

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1,500 Broken Promises from Afghanistan War Backers

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.25.2011

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With Memorial Day coming up, we should take a moment to consider something that's gone largely unremarked in the mainstream media: more than 1,500 troops have now died in a war the American people oppose.

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1,501 Good Reasons To End the Afghanistan War

Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.20.2011

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The number of troops killed in connection with the Afghanistan war now exceeds 1,500. How many more troop deaths and civilian killings will we tolerate before Washington acts to end this war?

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The Carnage Continues in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.18.2011

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A quiet city in the north of Afghanistan ignited today after yet another NATO night raid reportedly tore another family apart. Thousands of people took to the streets, again chanting, "Death to America!" as they pelted Karzai's billboards with mud and stones.

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Four American Lives and $4 Billion Wasted on Afghanistan War Since Bin Laden's Death

Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.13.2011

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Pentagon to White House, American People on Afghanistan: Take a Hike

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.10.2011

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The Pentagon is working the press again, this time in support of a so-called withdrawal plan that would break a promise made to the American people by their president.

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Don't Let Bin Laden Have the Last Laugh. Get Our Troops and Our Tax Dollars Home.

Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.04.2011

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Osama bin Laden is dead. Al Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan in any significant numbers. Bin Laden's death obliterates the last plausible excuse for keeping troops in Afghanistan any longer. It's time to bring the troops home.

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Secretary Clinton, Bitter-Ender on Afghanistan War

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.04.2011

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Osama bin Laden is dead. You may have heard. There's a major groundswell underway to force a rethink of the Afghanistan War in the aftermath, but som...

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Mission Accomplished: Is It Finally Time To Leave Afghanistan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.02.2011

This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- Okay, can we finally withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan? That's the question many people are askin...

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The War in Afghanistan: A Burden Taxpayers Can't Afford

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 06.18.2011

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No one likes to pay taxes, but most Americans understand our country is stronger because we collectively fund our national priorities. But we shouldn't be asking constituents to sacrifice unnecessarily for a counterproductive war.

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