Dick Cheney, David Brooks and others urge the president to man up. Why is foreign policy always about machismo?
By Gene Lyons Nov 4, 2009
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Hamid Karzai's rigged, botched reelection leaves the U.S. with no legitimate partner
By Juan Cole
November 2, 2009
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David Brooks passes on the claims of his invisible friends and insists this is the crux of journalistic virtue.
By Glenn Greenwald
October 30, 2009
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We don't admire quitters, but no one wants to be the last person to believe in a mission, either
By Garrison Keillor
October 27, 2009
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In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures
By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz
October 27, 2009
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What motivates Senators to serve the health insurance industry? Is our foreign policy in need of radical overhaul?
By Glenn Greenwald
October 29, 2009
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A soldier with the Russian army in Afghanistan recounts what they believed about their mission
By Glenn Greenwald
October 28, 2009
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Top civilian in southern province argues we're exacerbating the problem we're supposedly there to solve
By Glenn Greenwald
October 27, 2009
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You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan
By Juan Cole
October 26, 2009
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In an interview, Abdullah Abdullah, challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, discusses election fraud
By Susanne Koelbl
October 26, 2009
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Obama's choice: Failed war president, or the prince of peace
By Nick Turse
October 25, 2009
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The country poses no threat to the U.S., but the war costs lives, drains the treasury and makes enemies
By Gene Lyons
October 21, 2009
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We can't combat Terrorism by sending our military into Muslim countries. Doing that only exacerbates the problem.
By Glenn Greenwald
October 20, 2009
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A new poll shows substantial support for bombing and invading Iran.
By Glenn Greenwald
October 19, 2009
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Pakistan's military offensive has become a rallying point for Muslim radicals. Volunteers pour in to fight the army
By Juan Cole
October 19, 2009
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Seven months of captivity reveal how U.S. "anti-terrorism" actions fuel extremism and anti-American hatred.
By Glenn Greenwald
October 18, 2009
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If you miss the old bomb-and-torture style of conservatism, Liz Cheney's here to help
By Gabriel Winant
October 13, 2009
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There's a reason those who benefit most from perpetual war are so aggressively pressuring Obama to escalate.
By Glenn Greenwald
October 13, 2009
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On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer?
By William Astore
October 13, 2009
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The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error
By Mark Benjamin
October 7, 2009
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It's upside-down for political leaders to defer to military decisions
By David Sirota
October 3, 2009