War by Other Means

Robert Koehler, 07.10.2009

Syndicated writer, editor at Tribune Media Services

What we lack as a species is a moral-spiritual force for healing that is the equivalent of any of the great mechanisms of destruction we have developed over the millennia in our obsession with dominance.

Colonizing Iraq: The Obama Doctrine?

Michael Schwartz, 07.09.2009

Michael Schwartz is an eminent sociologist specializing in the study of insurgency

Obama's policy is to reduce the U.S. military "footprint" in Iraq. The administration is opting not for blunt-edged, Bush-style militarism, but for what might be thought of as an administrative push.

Robert McNamara and the 3.5 Miles not Taken

Byron Williams, 07.08.2009

Columnist, pastor of the Resurrection Community Church Oakland, CA

While it's an oversimplification to suggest McNamara was the primary artisan of Vietnam, we cannot diminish his tragic contribution to the war.

McNamara's Evil Lives On

Robert Scheer, 07.08.2009

Veteran Journalist and Editor of Truthdig.com

Whatever his better nature, it was the stark evil he perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.

In Dependence Day 2009

Larry Gellman, 07.06.2009

We have never been more reliant on the generosity of others and less able to act like grown-ups and fend for ourselves than any time since the Revolution.

Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz, 07.06.2009

Co-Founder of VoteVets.org, served as a Captain in Operation Iraqi Freedom

It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

US Policies Empower Afghan Taliban: Experts

Christian Avard, 07.06.2009

Staff reporter Deerfield Valley News, Dover VT

Huffington Post caught up with Afghanistan experts Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald and discussed recent developments in Afghanistan. Here's what they had to say.

Robert McNamara and America's Tragic Memory Loss

Will Bunch, 07.06.2009

Author, "Tear Down This Myth"

Even after McNamara spelled out everything that went so horribly wrong in Vietnam, he lived long enough to see a new generation of the self-appointed "best and brightest" in Washington pay absolutely no mind to the lessons of our recent past.

Sarah "Barracuda" Doesn't Sleep With The Fishes!

Warren Holstein, 07.06.2009

A NYC Based Stand-Up Comedian and Writer

She is not a narcissist. She just has the good sense to realize she is better and more deserving than most people to rule the planet and prepare humanity for the end of days.

Celebrating Independence Day During Wartime

Luis Carlos Montalván, 07.03.2009

Freelance Journalist, Veteran

On the eve of our Grand Celebration of the extraordinary decree that declared us a free republic, we find ourselves chained to the wreckage of a brutally flawed casus belli.

Iraq: What Must Now Be Done

James Zogby, 07.06.2009

Founder and president of the Arab American Institute

Victory has not been won, nor has America's responsibility ended.

'W' Is for Withdrawal

Robert Koehler, 07.02.2009

Syndicated writer, editor at Tribune Media Services

To pretend that Iraq is sovereign is just the latest insulting verbal Quonset hut the Washington military-political-media establishment has constructed for its own temporary shelter.

Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military

Dahr Jamail, 07.01.2009

In addition to small numbers of outright public refusals to deploy or redeploy, troops are going absent without official leave (AWOL) between deployments, and actual desertions may once again be on the rise.

Happy National Sovereignty Day, Iraq. Sorry About The Mess

Beau Friedlander, 06.30.2009

Editor-in-Chief, Air America Media

Our presence is an ongoing affront to democracy and human dignity, and yet now that the damage is done, everyone's stuck between that rock and a hard place.

Iraq's "National Sovereignty Day" is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype

Jeremy Scahill, 06.30.2009

Journalist, author, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"

The puppet government in Iraq has named June 30th "National Sovereignty Day." This is U.S.-style Hallmark hype and will remain so until every last occupation soldier leaves Iraqi soil.

Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi, 06.30.2009

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

Cracks Show as U.S. Leaves Iraq Cities

James Denselow, 06.30.2009

Writer on Middle East geopolitical and security issues

The withdrawal is a huge occasion for the nascent Iraqi state: it will test the durability of the institutions that have emerged from the embers of the almost total state collapse of 2003-04.

IAVA Founder on Ning and his Veterans Support Campaign

Eric Kuhn, 06.30.2009

Award Winning Journalist // New Media Consultant

The on-line and on-air campaign, anchored by Ning-based CommunityofVeterans.org, was established to support veterans coming home. The first quarter brought in $26 million in donated media.

The Beginning of the End of the Iraq War?

Chris Weigant, 06.30.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

If our soldiers are out of Iraqi cities, and the Iraqi security forces start shouldering more and more responsibility as a result, do we really need all 130,000 troops sitting in their bases?

Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz, 06.29.2009

Co-Founder of VoteVets.org, served as a Captain in Operation Iraqi Freedom

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

The CIA's Role in Iranian Regime Change

Keith Thomson, 06.25.2009

Reporter and author

I would guess that in the past year, there were more regime-change-in-Iran plots floated by members of the intelligence community than there are Iranians.