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Obama's Unavoidable Cure for the Afghanistan Cancer

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Obama Afghanistan, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Escalation, President Obama, George W. Bush, Vietnam, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Dick Cheney, World News
Bob Cesca

Are we willing to allow eight years of mistakes and mismanagement to go unmitigated, or do we risk more lives trying to at least clean up some of the mess before we bug out?

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Jason Linkins

Critics Of Obama's Exit Strategy Have Argument Backwards

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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The narrative that seems to be emerging from the most bellicose critics of last night's speech by President Barack Obama is that his setting a start d...

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The War Of Yoga: Bringing Our Troops To The Mat!

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Yoga, Mental Health, Troops, War on Terror, Sadie Nardini, Health, Meditation, Sadie, Veterans, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Living News
Sadie Nardini

When it comes to their own, bliss-filled circles, many yogis feel right at home. Bring a foreign element to the door however, and you'll see that often, this sanctuary is then revealed as the dogma-house it really is.

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NYC Trial Of High-level Terror Masterminds Will Violate Civil Liberties -- Of Americans

Heather Robinson | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Guantanamo, Civil Liberties, President Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, War on Terror, Eric Holder, 9/11 Trials, New York News
Heather Robinson

To put it simply, in bringing these men to civilian trial the Obama Administration is allowing for the possibility that they may be released at some point, unless the trials are kangaroo trials.

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The KSM Trial And Republican Attacks

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Ksm, Rudy Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, War on Terror, John Ashcroft, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, New York, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

For many Republicans, none more so than Rudy Giuliani, the KSM trial is merely an opportunity to get some media attention and take a cheap shot at the president.

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Why Is Congress Mute On Afghanistan?

Tommy Sowers | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, War on Terror, Afghanistan Troops, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Troop Surge, Tommy Sowers, Tommy Sowers for Congress, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tommy Sowers

Eight years in, we deserve more than another executive debate of resources behind closed doors. We deserve a Congress willing to do their duty -- define an objective or bring our troops home.

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The New Strategy for Obama's War: Precision Power

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurgency, Obama's War Afghanistan, President Obama, President Obama Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, War in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Waziristan, American Military, Taliban, War on Terror, Politics News
Mayhill Fowler

There is nothing like the convergence of two equally unpleasant scenarios -- in this case the danger in Pakistan and American forces settling further into Afghanistan -- to sharpen a leader's mind.

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Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail

Conn Hallinan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Al Qaida, Afghanistan Surge, Troops Afghanistan, Taliban, War on Terror, Politics News
Conn Hallinan

McChrystal argues that the current situation is "critical," and that an escalation "will be decisive." But as former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst A.J. Rossmiller says, the war is a stalemate.

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From Wall Street to Neverland: The Year America Didn't Sleep

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

The public health burden of insomnia on the US is measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. While we routinely cut calories, or cram in exercise, sleep has not even entered the conversational lexicon.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Criminal Trial May Shine Light on Roots of Terrorism

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yosri Fouda, Zacarias Moussaoui, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, War on Terror, John Radsan, CIA Torture, Al Jazeera, War on Terrorism, Terrorism, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

The most pragmatic method of determining the guilt or innocence of criminals like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has always been in criminal court. Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are very wrong about this.

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How America's Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties

Alfred W. McCoy | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Government Surveillance, Surveillance, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Civil Rights, Politics News
Alfred W. McCoy

Think of our counterinsurgency wars abroad as so many living laboratories for the undermining of a democratic society at home, a process historians of such American wars can tell you has been going on for a long, long time.

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Messages To Fallen Soldiers: Myspace Memorials (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Mathew Palevsky/Mallika Rao | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, War on Terror, Iraq Death Count, Afghanistan, Veterans Day, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Myspace, Death, Politics News

Thousands of American men and women have lost their lives in the Global War on Terror since it began in 2001. For the loved ones left behind, the MyS...

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The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: US Military, Persian Gulf, War on Terror, Trauma, War in Afghanistan, Timothy McVeigh, Muslim Americans, Afghan War, Violence, Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Gun Violence, Politics News, Politics, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Military, Vietnam War, Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Ptsd, Us Troops Afghanistan, National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry, Depression, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Crime, Terrorism, War, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Texas, Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Oklahoma City Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Living News
David A. Love

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

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20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Will Another Superpower Meet Its End in Afghanistan?

Loretta Napoleoni | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Mujahedeen, Berlin Wall, Al-Qaeda, United States in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Superpower, Ussr, Cold War, Moscow, Taliban, War on Terror, Soviet Union, World News
Loretta Napoleoni

Remarkably, Afghanistan seems once again to be shaping our future. It is paradoxical that the graveyard of one superpower should become a battlefield for the other.

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The Virus Behind Fort Hood Shootings

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fanatic Virus, Religious Extremism, U. S. Armed Forces, War on Terror, Psychology, Identity Crisis, Fort Hood Shootings, Compassion Fatigue, Rage, Politics News
Wael Nawara

After 9/11 and the launching of "The War on Terror," which reportedly he opposed, Mjr. Hasan may have begun to develop an identity crisis.

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An Opportunity for Muslims to Show Some CAIR for Victims of Violence

Rob Asghar | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Rob Asghar

It could take years to unpack the dynamics behind Ft. Hood. But I have a suggestion for the Muslim-American community: go beyond the routine condemnations. Deeds, not words.

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Who Are the Six Uighurs Released From Guantanamo to Palau?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Afghanistan, Palau, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Taliban, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, Qala-I-Janghi Massacre, Northern Alliance, Xinjiang Province, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, China, World News
Andy Worthington

I am drawing together here the stories of six men who, nearly eight years after their wrongful and mistaken capture, are finally free from Guantánamo, even if an uncertain future awaits them.

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View from Pakistan: Today's Blast

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

Pakistani children may be enjoying the break, but most of them know exactly why they can't go to school. I sit stiff as one boy looks up from his video game to tell me the school buses might not be safe right now.

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Clinton Faces Pakistani Anger At Predator Drone Attacks

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused ...

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Wants an Exit Strategy out of Afghanistan

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously voted against the authorization of the use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Redefining the War in Afghanistan: The Case for a Change in Mission

Rahim Kanani | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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Rahim Kanani

With no end in sight, the U.S. must realize the limits of intervention, both in tanks and treasure, and integrate the implications of their actions over the last 8 years into their policy towards the region.

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Who Are the Taliban?

Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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Gilles Dorronsoro

Most do not join the Taliban for money, but because the Afghan government is unjust, corrupt, or simply not there; or the Americans have bombed their houses or shown disrespect for their values.

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A Sanctuary Attacked, and With it, Pakistan's Future Further Imperiled

Mark Levine | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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Mark Levine

The Taliban confirmed it was behind the double suicide bombing that occurred in the International Islamic University in Islamabad last week.

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2 Chicago Men Accused Of Plotting Terror Attacks

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protes...

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David Corn: Why Is Dick Cheney Helping Obama?

Politics Daily | David Corn | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Why is Dick Cheney helping Barack Obama? I know they're cousins -- eighth cousins, to be precise -- but for a guy who seems to detest the president an...

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