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Beyond The Dog Days of Summer: After August, Reality

Danny Schechter | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Obama, Wall Street, Economic Calamity, Biden, Abbie Hoffman, War, Plunder, Politics News

Traditionally, time seems to slow down, I mean slooooo down, at summer's end. The phone calls taper off along with the emails. We have now had endles...

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Energy Prices: Would Russia Target Ukraine Next?

ClusterStock | Jonathan Kennedy | Posted 08.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Warwire, War, Russia, Ukraine, Oil, Oil Prices, Russia Georgia War, War for Oil, Business News

The Russia-Georgia crisis spooked energy markets, helping to send oil above $120 again. The next target on Russia's newfound "Near Abroad" expansion l...

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The Clinton Saga & Why She Lost

Ari Melber | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Josh Green, War, The Atlantic Monthly, 2008 Election, The Atlantic, Politics News

The Atlantic's Josh Green does not come close to proving that nasty infighting caused Clinton's loss. The piece is so far into the weeds that it misses the big, substantive problems that felled Hillary.

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U.S. Combat Deaths Down in Iraq -- But Soldier Suicides Continue

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suicides, Iraq Veterans, Warwire, Iraq, Vets, Veterans, War, Politics News

Despite the overall drop in U.S. deaths in Iraq there has been a spate of "noncombat" fatalities there in the past week. Also, Iraq vets continue to kill themselves at home at an alarming rate.

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Does This Mean Edwards is Now For Gay Marriage?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Lgbt, Monica Lewinsky, Washington, Civil Rights, Campaign Finance, Cindy McCain, War, Iraq, Democratic Party, Los Angeles, New York City, Barack Obama, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Iran, Religion, Marriage, New Jersey, Sex, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Massachusetts, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Republican Party, Politics News

It is shocking that politicians with personal lives as deeply flawed as Edwards, the Clintons, McCain and others, set themselves up as defenders of an institution they have raped of all moral significance.

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The Art of War and Summer

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 08.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Zoriah, Silvia Kolbowski, Paul Chan, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Iraq War, War, Living News

Ahh... Don't you love the summer? Lemonade, frozen grapes and former presidential nominee scandals? It's so easy to get a little lost in the stream ...

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Witness to Rape in Congo: "What is the Future When the Heart of the Community is Broken?"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Plundering, Rape, Post Traumatic Stress, Genocide, War, Eve Ensler, Strategic Interests, Congo, Rwanda, Drc, Politics News

Image: Kivu 2007 © G. Nienaber On August 1, the BBC reported very troubling news that Congolese government forces and rebel troops in Eastern Demo...

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Why Do We Spend So Much On National Security?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Peak Oil, Federal Budget, Global Warming, Military-Industrial Complex, Middle East, Barack Obama, War, Politics News

"I've never seen our lack of strategic depth be where it is today." General Richard Cody, Army Vice Chief of Staff TIME, April 14, 2008 Let me see ...

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Friday Talking Points [41] -- The Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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I have a confession to make. I actually watch the network news. Maybe I should enter into a twelve-step program or something. But I don't watch the ...

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Afghanistan: Far From a Good War

Conn Hallinan | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, War, Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Afghani Popular Opinion, Justification for War, Afghanistan War, Good War, Taliban Coalition, Politics News

By any measure, a military "victory" in Afghanistan is simply not possible. The only viable alternative is to begin direct negotiations with the Taliban -- so much for a "good war."

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Rand Corp -- War On Terrorism Is A Failure

Dan Kovalik | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Al Qaida, Terrorism, War, Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Wedding Crashers, Peace, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Rand Corporation, a conservative think-tank originally started by the U.S. Air Force, has produced a new report entitled, "How Terrorist Groups En...

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Obama Must Take Stand Against Attack on Iran

Dan Kovalik | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Obama, Peace, Middle East, Barack Obama, War, Terrorism, Politics News

As the Obama Campaign reminded us ad nauseam during the Democratic Primaries, Senator Obama was different than the other major Democratic candidates i...

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Law Professor: Iran Should Sue U.S. in World Court to Stop Threats of Attack

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Iran, President Bush, Blockade, World Court, War, Politics News

Professor Boyle notes that the lawsuit itself could force the commencement of real negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, as it did in the Libyan case.

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Why Doesn't Media Ask McCain: "You Have Served Your Country Honorably, Sir, but Exactly Which Wars Have You Won?"

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Vietnam, John McCain, John McCain Iraq War, John Mccain Afghanistan, War With Iran, Obama McCain, Mccain, War, Kosovo, Afghanistan War, McCain Iraq, John McCain Iraq, McCain War, John McCain 2008, McCain Afghanistan, John McCain Vietnam, McCain 2008, Politics News

McCain will opt for war as the first choice, not the last choice. With America now embroiled in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one has to worry about John McCain's desire to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."

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Digging a Deeper Hole

Shawn Brimley | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Iraq, Surge, Mccain, Counterinsurgency, War, Politics News

A surge is really a counterinsurgency? That argument isn't going to fly, McCain.

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DRC Congo: Killing of Civilians Continues Despite Cease Fire Agreement

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Women, Rape, Human Rights, Africa, Democratic Repiblic of Congo, Children, War, Congo, Kivu Province, Media News

In the Congo, there have been more than 200 killings of civilians documented, as well as rape of hundreds of women and girls since January by all armed groups, including Congolese army soldiers.

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Open Letter to Barack Obama -- Changing The Mindset Which Leads Us to War

Dan Kovalik | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Peace, Barack Obama, War, Politics News

It stands to reason that an increase in the size of the military is not a means of changing our mindset -- it is a recipe for more war.

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My Conversation with Senator Jim Webb

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: President, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam, War, Democrat, Jim Webb, Obama, Mccain, 2008 Election, Novelist, America, Charlie Rose, Virgina, Author, Politics News

I spoke with Webb about how he sees the challenges facing America and the future of the Democratic party.

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Bush's Afghan Troop Plan Didn't Work, Neither Will Obama's

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nato, Senate Foreign Relation Committee, US Military, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, War, Joiint Chiefs, Vietnam, George Bush, Iraq, John McCain, Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Troops, Politics News

Obama's Afghan appearance won't stop the criticism from foes that he doesn't know enough about fighting and winning a war, and that his credential as a tough guy on the war against terrorism is suspect.

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Photog Back Home After Getting Kicked Out of Iraq -- For Showing the Real War

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Photos, Warwire, Iraq, Censorship, War, Zoriah Miller, Politics News

A freelance war photographer was kicked out of his embed after he published on his blog a photo of a dead U.S. Marine, among other strong images. The military says this violated embed rules.

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Stigmatizing War

Robert Koehler | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cluster Bombs, War, Cluster Bomb Treaty, Cluster Munitions, Dublin Cluster Bomb Ban, Diplomacy, Rules of Engagement, Politics News

The moral center of humanity slowly asserts itself. Only the most powerful are too afraid to join. You may have missed the news: At the end of May, 1...

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War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: October Surprise, Timetable, United Nations, Sovereignty, Iraq, Campaign, War Is Over if You Want It, Withdrawal, Bush, Iran, 2008, Sofa, Bridge Agreement, War Is Over, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Prime Minister, John McCain, Time Horizon, Yoko Ono, War, 2008 Elections, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Agreement, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, John Lennon, 08 Campaign, Sovereign, Bridge, Sadr, 2008 Presidential Race, Bilateral, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Aspirational Goal, Politics News

Without a microscopic examination of the seething cauldron of Iraqi partisan politics, it's safe to say that Maliki knows which way the wind is blowing. The Iraqi people want to know -- "when is the U.S. leaving?"

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Obama Frames Iraq Right, Bush And McCain Slow To React

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Troops, Timetable, American, Iraq, Campaign, Withdrawal, Military, Surge, 2008, Occupation, 2008 Campaign, Status of Forces, Parliament, John McCain, War, 2008 Elections, Congress, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Surrender, Election, Barack Obama, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Maliki, Politics News

McCain's going to have to come up with some new spin to explain why Obama and Maliki are now singing from the same songbook on timetables for withdrawal.

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Is Our Long National Obsession With Cars Finally Ebbing?

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 07.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Infrastructure, Gas Prices, War, Detroit, Community, Cars, Middle East, Iraq, Suvs, Green News

One thing I have never understood about Americans is their love of cars, and I am from Texas. To me, a car is like a prison sentence.

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