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Obama on the Brink

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Both candidates are embracing, rather than challenging, the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror," which substitutes hysteria for rational analysis in appraising the dangers the country faces.

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Is War vs. Iran Still Politically Possible?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home

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I must say that I find a "yes" answer to the question in the headline impossible to believe. But apparently the real chance of that new war is still ...

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What Does the Petraeus Appointment Mean?

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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The confirmation hearings should give Democrats an opportunity to finally get Petraeus to answer some central questions.

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The Coming War with Iran: It's About the Oil, Stupid

Joe Lauria | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

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Had the hundreds of billions of dollars poured into the invasion and occupation of Iraq been put into alternative energy the world might have had a fighting chance.

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Fallon's Fall

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Once again, this White House has seen to it that another senior level military commander has been censored for daring to challenge the Bush-Cheney "unconventional wisdom" regarding the Middle East.

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"We Need to Stay in Iraq to Protect the Kurds From the Turks" Bill Clinton

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics

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Then why are we arming the Turks? The irony is: Turkey, ---- the only nation which is willing to commit significant troops in Iraq ---- sent 10,000...

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Investigate the Pentagon's Strait of Hormuz Scandal

Gareth Porter | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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Could the White House have been taken in by reports from overeager commanders in the Gulf who sent panicky reports with an exaggerated sense of threat from Iranian boats?

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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