Obama Faces Revolt From Generals Over Strategy In Afghanistan
In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink America's failing strategy...
In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink America's failing strategy...
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
We do have a moral responsibility -- not to mention a strategic interest -- in not abandoning the Afghan people. Now we must engage religion to be part of the solution.
Posted 11.29.2009 | World
VBS TV --- In the summer of 2009, Ben Anderson traveled to the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan to document the first military campaign ordere...
Foreign Policy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
House defense spending cardinal John Murtha, an early bellwether of congressional opposition to the Iraq war, has made his strongest comments yet oppo...
Al Jazeera | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
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...
Robert Scheer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Meaningless is the right term for the Afghanistan war, because our bloody attempt to conquer this foreign land has nothing to do with its stated purpose of enhancing our national security.
Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment
The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.
Tom Hayden | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
The Long War will fail because the US is overextended militarily and economically, and the world is more multi-polar than uni-polar. The world does not share the US Long War agenda.
Tom Dispatch | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics
Yes, Stanley McChrystal is the general from the dark side (and proud of it). So the recent sacking of Afghan commander General David McKiernan after l...
John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
Why is America becoming so deeply involved in the mess that is Afghanistan?
Erica Gaston | Posted 04.05.2009 | World
While troops say they have an "open door" to Afghan civilians, Afghans find that door is barricaded by barbed wire and heavily armed, hostile men.
Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 03.22.2009 | World
The Obama administration's strategic review promises to refocus the mission of our troops. It will be "bye" to American cowboys blasting away, and hello to counterinsurgency's softer power.
Globaldashboard.org | Posted 02.07.2009 | World
One of the presumed parts of Obama's Afghan strategy will be to look at ways of coopting the country's various tribes, much like General David Petraeu...
Bloomberg | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics
Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone. Preside...
Rolling Stone | Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics