Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 106)
Why America’s “war on terror” failed
Patrick Cockburn
Washington blames the rise of ISIS on the Iraqi government. But it has created a situation where ISIS can flourish
Militarized police are everywhere: “When police officers are armed and trained like soldiers, it’s not surprising that they act like soldiers”
Ann Hagedorn
First, we outsourced war to Blackwater and others. Now, they're training our police. No wonder we have Ferguson
Don’t do it, Hillary! Joining forces with neocons could doom Democrats
Paul Rosenberg
Clinton's Iraq vote kept her from the presidency in 2008. Staying hawkish could harm the party for decades. Ask LBJ
Vladimir Putin goes rogue: Ukraine, NATO, nuclear weapons — and a very dangerous new reality
Jeffrey Tayler
Post-Cold War era's over. Dealing with Putin means learning to talk to him, and respecting some legitimate concerns
Ferguson is big business: How companies are profiting from police crackdowns
Alex Kane
Sales of all those military-grade weapons are making numerous American arms dealers extremely rich
“This is a war”: A conflict photographer takes on the rapidly escalating poaching crisis
Lindsay Abrams
Photojournalist Kate Brooks talks with Salon about the threat to Africa's wildlife
“I have not seen any evidence of successful U.S. intervention to stop such violence in our modern history”
Leighton Woodhouse
Ex-State Dept. expert to Salon: Outside intervention caused Iraq mess, helped create ISIS. It's not the solution
William Kristol demands Obama start the war he already started
Simon Maloy
Kristol is outraged that Obama has done "nothing" against ISIS (except airstrikes and aid to Iraqi forces)
They are no longer police: Why Ferguson reminds us that America is not exceptional
Josh Appelbaum
The police are no longer here to protect us. They are a hyper-militarized militia that provokes and antagonizes
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: Ferguson looks like Iraq
Ian Blair
Military fatigues, heavily armored tanks, sniper rifles? Cleaver also called the local police "monumentally inept"
Ferguson’s weaponized cops and America’s long, ugly history of police violence
Andrew O'Hehir
Two dark forces collided in Ferguson: The militarization of America's cops and a long tradition of racist violence
7 astounding facts about the mind-blowing cost of war
Lynn Stuart Parramore
From World War II to the "war on terror," the tremendous cost of fighting is nothing short of catastrophic
Warrior cops on steroids: How post-9/11 hysteria created a policing monster
Heather Digby Parton
Since 9/11 we've spent huge sums to outfit local authorities with military gear. It's un-American -- and here's why
GOP’s one sacred principle: A spending philosophy of lies and troop worship
David Dayen
Remember all the talk about no new laws that weren't paid for? We've just learned there's a huge, glaring exception
The planet’s 10 most (and least) peaceful countries
Allegra Kirkland
A new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace ranks 162 nations by violence and political instability
Fox News has a new Cliven Bundy — and again, the right’s new hero has some explaining to do
John Avignone
Conservative media has a new cause célèbre, a former Marine on trial in Mexico. His story has an awful lot of holes
Hillary’s break from Obama: Here’s what it really means (hint: She’s still a hawk)
Jim Newell
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama still have different approaches to foreign policy. Sound the alarms!
See how they run: The 2016 presidential checklist
Calvin Woodward
Global aid operations are just one catastrophe away from total collapse
Nick Turse
America’s African experiment in nation building has its limits, and we're this close to flying over the edge
Politico has figured out Barack Obama’s big problem — and it’s golf
Jim Newell
Barack Obama enjoys playing golf! Here's why that totally unusual hobby perfectly explains the man's presidency
General killed in Afghan attack was engineer
Robert Burns
Israel has broken my heart: I’m a rabbi in mourning for a Judaism being murdered by Israel
Michael Lerner
I've always been proud of Israel, but the brutal Gaza assault requires Jews worldwide to be honest, not nationalist
Page: 106