Afghan Policy Remains in the Dark Ages
For our part, it is time to shift America's focus away from a power that peddles so many deadly weapons to one that fosters economic growth, entrepreneurial ventures and positive creativity.
For our part, it is time to shift America's focus away from a power that peddles so many deadly weapons to one that fosters economic growth, entrepreneurial ventures and positive creativity.
washingtonpost.com | Ernesto LondoƱO | Posted 12.06.2009 | World
Even as the U.S. military scrambles to support a troop surge in Afghanistan, it is donating passenger vehicles, generators and other equipment worth t...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics
Joshua Hunter has been arrested in the killing of two servicemen near the army base at Fort Drum, N.Y. It's not known what sparked the murders, but he had returned from 15 months in Iraq.
Ryan McDermott | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
Ordering the drafting of an implementation plan would be a tangible step forward in the right direction -- the President could make such an order today.
Robert Creamer | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
Progressives must not lose sight of the fact that, although we may disagree with President Obama's decision on Afghanistan, he shares a progressive vision of American foreign policy.
Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
This is a must watch. Environmental Graffiti has a post up on the decades of experiments western armies undertook in an attempt to develop chemical w...
Peter M. Shane | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
When it comes to national defense, there appears to be no ambition too excessive, no cost too burdensome, and no deficit too large.
Oliver Willis | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
If you don't support increasing the amount of troops, that is a fine and patriotic position to have, but folks on the Left have got to quit rewriting history by pretending Obama is somehow suddenly a hawk on Afghanistan.
Cheryle Jackson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago
It's time for America to bring our troops and money home. This should be the last holiday season our troops are separated from their families.
AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 11.29.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made th...
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past yea...
Grant Cardone | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
While the world spends so much time complaining about what is wrong I am reminded at this time to focus on what I have to be grateful for: All those ...
Sam Sedaei | Posted 11.27.2009 | Media
How independent can we really expect any mainstream media reports to be on any story that relates to the military if it has already decided who is good and who is evil?
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.
Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
The Obama administration's work to reduce nuclear weapons and reduce nuclear dangers has not been complemented by similar diligent work in the area of conventional weapons exports.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
Single-mother Alexis Hutchinson refused to deploy to Afghanistan on Nov. 5, she said, because she didn't have anyone to take care of her infant son. N...
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.
HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
Veterans Day was last week, but our troops are still in harm's way, with many more likely on their way overseas. Fortunately, efforts continue to sup...
Posted 11.13.2009 | Impact
On Veterans Day, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the launch of Mission Serve, a network that links veterans to community service groups, calling u...
AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
WASHINGTON — Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-...
Michael Shaw | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media
Azam Nizamuddin | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
In the Ft. Hood aftermath, we shouldn't allow right-wing hooliganism, wherever it stems from, to dictate how we view tragedies and interpret human beings with cultures and religions separate from our own.
Dana Ullman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
Our medical thinking has become totally militaristic. It is not just happenstance that doctors proudly assert that they seek to attack illness, combat disease, kill infective agents, and create a war on cancer.
AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A Palm Springs man who was never in the military has been charged with wearing the Navy's highest honor. Federal prosecu...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact
While embedded with Marines during the invasion of Iraq, journalist Mercedes Gallego was cautioned that it was not safe to be alone. The reason, the servicewomen explained, was fear of being raped.
Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 12.07.2009 | World