Afghanistan - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/afghanistan/?source=rss&aim=afghanistan en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST The Keyboard Commandos want Obama to be tough By Gene Lyons Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/04/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/04/obama/index.html?source=rss Dick Cheney, David Brooks and others urge the president to man up. Why is foreign policy always about machismo? Abdullah withdraws from Afghan presidential race By Juan Cole Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/abdullah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/abdullah/index.html?source=rss Hamid Karzai's rigged, botched reelection leaves the U.S. with no legitimate partner "What journalists are supposed to do" By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/30/brooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/30/brooks/index.html?source=rss David Brooks passes on the claims of his invisible friends and insists this is the crux of journalistic virtue. Time to move on from Afghanistan By Garrison Keillor Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/27/matthew_hoh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/27/matthew_hoh/index.html?source=rss We don't admire quitters, but no one wants to be the last person to believe in a mission, either "Obama is average" By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures Joe Lieberman, Evan Bayh and Afghanistan By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/29/tv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/29/tv/index.html?source=rss What motivates Senators to serve the health insurance industry? Is our foreign policy in need of radical overhaul? The universality of war propaganda By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/28/propaganda/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/28/propaganda/index.html?source=rss A soldier with the Russian army in Afghanistan recounts what they believed about their mission Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/27/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/27/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss Top civilian in southern province argues we're exacerbating the problem we're supposedly there to solve Obama's foreign policy report card By Juan Cole Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan "People in Afghanistan want change" By Susanne Koelbl Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/26/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/26/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss In an interview, Abdullah Abdullah, challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, discusses election fraud What the U.S. military can't do By Nick Turse Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/military/index.html?source=rss Obama's choice: Failed war president, or the prince of peace Why are we still in Afghanistan? By Gene Lyons Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/21/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/21/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss The country poses no threat to the U.S., but the war costs lives, drains the treasury and makes enemies A Rumsfeld-era reminder about what causes Terrorism By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/20/terrorism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/20/terrorism/index.html?source=rss We can't combat Terrorism by sending our military into Muslim countries. Doing that only exacerbates the problem. David Rohde on the "why do they hate us?" question By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/19/rohde/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/19/rohde/index.html?source=rss A new poll shows substantial support for bombing and invading Iran. Pakistan's security is hanging in the balance By Juan Cole Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/pakistan/index.html?source=rss Pakistan's military offensive has become a rallying point for Muslim radicals. Volunteers pour in to fight the army David Rohde's insights into what motivates the Taliban By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/18/rohde/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/18/rohde/index.html?source=rss Seven months of captivity reveal how U.S. "anti-terrorism" actions fuel extremism and anti-American hatred. The Cheney administration in exile By Gabriel Winant Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/13/america_safe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/13/america_safe/index.html?source=rss If you miss the old bomb-and-torture style of conservatism, Liz Cheney's here to help Democrats and Afghanistan: what's at stake By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/13/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/13/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss There's a reason those who benefit most from perpetual war are so aggressively pressuring Obama to escalate. Norman Mailer for secretary of defense By William Astore Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/13/mailer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/13/mailer/index.html?source=rss On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer? Arlington unveils a new unknown soldier By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error Who are "the deciders"? By David Sirota Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/03/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/03/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss It's upside-down for political leaders to defer to military decisions