Obama War

Obama Is A Peacemaker

Robert Weller | Posted 12.22.2011

Robert Weller

Many who had voted for him believed he had let them down, that he was spineless. That kind of talk has stopped, at least for the moment.

David Wood

'It's A Mess': Friction Between Pentagon And White House On Libya

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 06.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- After 26 months in office, President Obama still has not forged a smoothly working national security team that can both nimbly pounce o...

Sam Stein

At Conservative Gathering, Skepticism Of Afghan War Takes Center Stage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- It's not quite at a tipping point, but two years after President Barack Obama announced that he was putting 17,000 more troops into Afgh...

The New War Congress: An Obama-Republican War Alliance?

David Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

David Swanson

Assuming a Libertarian influence does not sweep through the Republican caucus and the Democrats don't regress in their path toward peacemaking, we are likely to see wars that will be considered as Republican-Obama in nature.

Bob Woodward To Diane Sawyer About Obama's First Days In Office: 'It's A Cold Shower' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Woodward discussed his hotly anticipated new book, "Obama's Wars," with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "World News" last night. "You do have a heart-poun...

Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars'

Posted 05.25.2011

Journalist and author Bob Woodward's hotly anticipated new book "Obama's Wars," scheduled for release on Sept. 27, has been making waves on the Intern...

Dan Froomkin

Obama vs. Obama On Afghanistan: Who Wins? (VIDEO, POLL)

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Back in early 2007, when the Bush administration was insisting that its military intervention in a faraway land was not open-ended, Senator Barack Oba...

Obama and War: What Would Jesus Do?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

John W. Whitehead

Ultimately, there is no way to square Obama's role as a war-maker with the teachings of Jesus, who preached against the use of violence. One can only imagine that Jesus would be horrified.

Sam Stein

Afghanistan Withdrawal: Lawmakers Rebuke Obama For Calling Focus On It An 'Obsession'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

With the war on Afghanistan thrust momentarily back into the political spotlight, a host of anti-war Democratic lawmakers are expressing their frustra...

Dan Froomkin

Obama's War Supplemental: Recent Reports Strengthen The Case Against It

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Members of Congress with any inclination to balk at President Obama's massive emergency war-funding request have found their case strengthened by two ...

Gates: Victory In Iraq And Afghan Wars Challenge But Achievable (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara, Gates spoke about the US strategy for peace in Afghanistan facing a "war of necessit...

Sam Stein

Karzai "Extremely Gratified" By Obama's Afghan Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was "extremely gratified" with Barack Obama's speech and approach to the war in Afghanistan, the president's chief diplo...

Sam Stein

Dem Attack On McCain's Iraq Record: Is It Fair?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week, the Democratic National Committee blasted out to reporters a memo of selected quotes designed to show the John McCain not only making unrea...

Obama Never, Ever Said "No" to Bush on Iraq

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Even the most cursory look at Obama's words, votes, and campaign pirouettes on Iraq paint a far different picture of a candidate for which Iraq was never the clear cut issue that many believed.

Sam Stein

Bob Graham: Clinton War Vote Was Anchor Of Her Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Hillary Clinton has every right to continue fighting for the Democratic nomination, says former Sen. Bob Graham, but it is time to put down her g...