How did we end up with know-nothings for wise men?
By David Sirota Nov 20, 2009
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The pressure is on President Obama to act quickly in Afghanistan. But why?
By Gene Lyons
November 18, 2009
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Favoritism and corruption are the essence of the government the U.S. has helped "reconstruct" since 2001
By Pratap Chatterjee
November 17, 2009
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The increasingly autocratic behavior of Maliki highlights the folly of "spreading freedom" through occupations
By Glenn Greenwald
November 11, 2009
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The president is reportedly close to providing his commander there almost all the new soldiers he'd requested
By Alex Koppelman
November 9, 2009
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The Pentagon's building boom in Afghanistan indicates a long war ahead
By Nick Turse
November 9, 2009
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Dick Cheney, David Brooks and others urge the president to man up. Why is foreign policy always about machismo?
By Gene Lyons
November 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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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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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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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
Intelligentsia against intelligence
The war industry's drums are beating
Paying off Afghanistan's warlords
Newspaper punished for criticizing Iraqi leader
Report: Obama to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan
The Keyboard Commandos want Obama to be tough
Abdullah withdraws from Afghan presidential race 
Time to move on from Afghanistan
"Obama is average"
Obama's foreign policy report card
"People in Afghanistan want change"
What the U.S. military can't do
Why are we still in Afghanistan?
Pakistan's security is hanging in the balance
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