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"Bomb Power," or How the Atomic Bomb Ended a War, Increased Presidential Power and Eroded the Constitution

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Alderman

While the bomb ended World War II, it also started a chain reaction that exploded into America's permanent secret security state -- with emphasis on the word 'permanent.'

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Spinning the War in Afghanistan

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Beret, Vietnam War, Special Envoy, The Only Thing Worth Fighting For, Vietnam, David Halberstam, The New York Times, Neil Sheehan, Diem, Afghanistan, Karzai, Special Forces, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

One has to wonder why after eight years of near-total silence, the media has suddenly, gushingly fallen in love with covering the war in Afghanistan.

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To End War in Afghanistan, Reinstate Military Draft?

Brent Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Military Lottery, Vietnam War, Draft, Theodore Sorensen, Taliban, George Mcgovern, Afghanistan, Karzai, Barack Obama, Diem, Politics News
Brent Green

U.S. invasions of Vietnam and Afghanistan have eerie similarities. Both had ill-defined military goals, especially exit strategies, making them seemingly endless.

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The Fool's Errand

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karzai, Kurds, Algeria, Dubai World, Greg Craig, Doobie Brothers, Peter Galbraith, Taliban, Mathew Hoh, Franz Josef Jung, Charles De Gaulle, Diem, South Vietnam, Guantanamo Bay, David McKiernan, Stanley McChrystal, French Fourth Republic, Porcupine, Politics News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

Change the names, dates and particulars of the Algerian War, the Vietnam War and Soviet war in Afghanistan, and the history of mighty powers recycles itself in Af-Pak-Iraq.

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