The War On Terror Is Over -- Thank You
We've entered a post-GWOT world and not a second too soon. Besides the fact it was an abysmal failure--terrorist attacks have gone up since 9/11 everywhere, it was never a real war.
We've entered a post-GWOT world and not a second too soon. Besides the fact it was an abysmal failure--terrorist attacks have gone up since 9/11 everywhere, it was never a real war.
Jon Soltz | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics
Senator Warner and the rest of the Bush supporters should start taking troops at their word and pressure the president to address the equipment issues in Afghanistan.
Fox News via Think Progress | Posted 02.22.2008 | Media
A Fox News poll, released yesterday, asked respondents: "Who do you think terrorist leader Usama bin Laden wants to win the presidential election?" A...
AP | BEN FOX | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — In a stunning turnaround, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday he would be a defense wit...
Russ Wellen | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics
If anything bears repeating, alerting the world to nuclear terrorism does. Paul Williams fights the extreme form of jihad that nuclear terrorism constitutes with his own brand of extreme jeremiad.
Andy Worthington | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics
The US military has spent $12 million on a mobile court complex, which is intended to be used for the trial by Military Commission of up to 80 detainees, beginning in May.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
The popular networking site beat out two of its rivals, MySpace and YouTube, who had also vied to co-sponsor the global struggle against Islamic extremism.
AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
CAIRO, Egypt — Abu Laith al-Libi, a top al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan who was blamed for bombing a base while Vice President Cheney was visi...
Newsweek | Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau and Mark Hosenball | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics
Osama Bin Laden appears to be reasserting his influence among the Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders upon whom he's depending for survival. Since Dec...
Matthew Palevsky | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home
The result: a hamstrung multilateral force unable to meet its objectives. But not to worry, NATO will stay the course.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
Netizens, fellow bloggers, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and all Americans... I am proud to stand...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
The real war against Al Qaeda has yet to be fought where it counts -- in Pakistan and in an area where Musharraf has lost virtually total control.
Rep. Mark Udall | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
I just returned from Afghanistan. I am deeply concerned that the Bush administration's focus on nation-building in Iraq has led us to neglect nation-building in Afghanistan.
AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
PARIS — Pervez Musharraf says he still gets the question a lot: When will Osama bin Laden and his top deputy be caught? The Pakistani president ...
AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics
CAIRO, Egypt — Sympathizers submitted hundreds of questions to al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri's "on-line interview" before a recent dea...
Matt Littman | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
The rest of the world has an unprecedented level of distrust and anger toward the U.S. I believe it is Barack Obama who will help the U.S. regain the world's trust, which will make us a stronger, safer nation.
AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics
CAIRO, Egypt — Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father _ except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down hi...
Erica Jong | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
Do we need another president learning on the job? I think not -- even if his heart, unlike Dubya's, is in the right place. Give Hillary a break.
ABC News | Gretchen Peters | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
The newly appointed leader of the Taliban in Pakistan is being called more dangerous than Osama bin Laden by analysts there. His movement was created ...
Joe Lauria | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics
We do know that Ron Paul deserves credit for bringing up the obvious in a hostile environment. Maybe some day historical fact will seep into the mainstream and at least be seriously debated.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.06.2008 | Politics
While on the campaign trail on Sunday, Mitt Romney deployed foreign policy rhetoric straight out of President George Bush's playbook and even repeated...
AP | SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
Osama bin Laden warned Iraq's Sunni Arabs against fighting al-Qaida and promised to expand the terror group's holy war to Israel in a new audiotape Sa...
RTT News | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
The latest bin Laden tape will be aired on an Islamist website, the site said Friday. According to the US-based SITE Institute, the recording, titled ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics
A reader recently took me to task for an article I wrote a month ago -- "What Will Be The Big Issue A Year And A Day From Now?" His complaint was tha...
236.com | Posted 11.30.2007 | Home
Nothing gets TV viewers' and intelligence officials' tongues wagging more than a new message from Osama bin Laden. And that's just what al-Qaeda has p...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
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Major news organizations are drawing...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
John McCain's famously cozy relationship with the press is getting a bit testy. Taking questions in...
** Update below: Nas delivers Fox petition to Stephen...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When...
Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics