What Are We Fighting For In Afghanistan?
For 60 years the United States played both Pakistan and Afghanistan against each other in a Manichean, dualist game of superpower politics with little regard for the consequences.
For 60 years the United States played both Pakistan and Afghanistan against each other in a Manichean, dualist game of superpower politics with little regard for the consequences.
Tom Engelhardt | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Robot war. It just couldn't be cooler, could it? Especially if the only blood you spill is the other guy's, since our "pilots" are flying those planes from thousands of miles away. So why am I not excited?
Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
The Obama Administration has increased the scope of the U.S. government's two drone programs, writes Jane Mayer in an article in the New Yorker. "Acc...
Reverend Billy | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green
I never thought of Peace as a word that was moveable.
John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.
Kalsoom Lakhani | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
If the strategic costs outweigh the tactical benefits of using drones, why does the US continue to champion such a policy? The answer seems to be: because it is their best worst option.
Inter Press Service | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
By Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (IPS) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's refusal to share with other agencies even ...
Wired | Posted 07.02.2009 | World
It sounds like a tinfoil hat nightmare, come to life: tiny electronic homing beacons, guiding CIA killer drones to their targets. But local residents ...
Norman Solomon | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
Obama can make many wise comments about past international affairs while proceeding with actual policies largely unfettered by the wisdom.
ZP Heller | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
As President Obama prepares to meet with Pakistani President Asif Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai tomorrow, the question becomes what the U.S. can do to prevent all-out war in Pakistan.
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould | Posted 12.04.2009 | World