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President Barack Obama speaks during a 'Lawyers for Obama Luncheon' fundraiser, Friday, March, 16, 2012, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Ironies in American justice and political cheerleading

Glenn Greenwald
The radicalism of our political system outstrips one's ability to mock it; plus: Manning and Bales are together
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Doubling down on 9/11

Karen Greenberg
A decade after the attacks, our national security regime continues to grow ever more punitive and secretive
This Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper clipping provided by Steve Berling, shows Norwood High School football teammates from left, Berling, Scott Marcum, Marc Edwards and Robert Bales, posing for a photo during the 1990-91 school year, in Cincinnati. Bales is the Army soldier accused of gunning down 16 Afghan women and children in a nighttime rampage in Afghanistan. (AP/The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Lessons from Sgt. Robert Bales

Charles M. Sennott
The Afghan shooter's story reflects the impossible burden we've placed on members of our military
In this Aug. 23, 2011 Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Discussing the motives of the Afghan shooter

Glenn Greenwald
The contrast is glaring in how we talk about violence by Americans versus violence toward Americans

Urgent reports from a Salon original

Kerry Lauerman
A U.N. report backs Glenn Greenwald's reporting on Bradley Manning -- a typical week in our one-man truth squad
Afghan boys sit on the ground near the scene where Afghans were allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

NPR and NYT on Americans v. Afghans

Glenn Greenwald
There is one country for which "human life is already cheap." It's not Afghanistan
The site of a drone attack near Miranshah, Pakistan, in October 2008. (Reuters/Haji Mujtaba)

Our immoral drone war

Umar Farooq
Media coverage of unmanned attacks -- and the resulting civilian deaths -- miss mounting anger within Pakistan
Afghan villagers during prayer ceremony for victims of Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March. 13, 2012 (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

“Why did they not stop the killings?”

Bette Dam
Afghan villagers ask why a three-hour rampage was allowed to happen without any response from a U.S. base
Blood stains and charred remains are all that remains inside a Kandahar home where witnesses say a family of Afghans was slain by a U.S. soldier. (AP/Allauddin Khan)

American Morlocks: Monsters of a murderous Afghan policy

Nima Shirazi
The latest killing of civilians by an American soldier isn't an outlier -- it's a reflection of our war policies
(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

An early pullout from Afghanistan?

Amy Silverstein
After the recent civilian shootings, Obama may reduce troops sooner than planned
An elderly Afghan man sits next to the covered body of a person who was allegedly killed by a U.S. service member, in a minibus in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012 (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

The Taliban retaliates

Amanda Morrow
Militants attack Afghan officials at the site where a U.S. soldier killed 16 civilians
Anar Gul gestures to the body of her grandchild, who was allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar, on Sunday. (AP/Allauddin Khan)

Is it finally time to leave Afghanistan?

Josh Foust
A shooting rampage could change the politics of war -- but calls for a rapid Afghanistan pull-out remain bad policy
(AP/Horst Faas)

The modern war canon

Toby Ash
A longtime BBC war reporter talks about five books that provide deep insights into recent conflicts
An Afghan youth mourns for relatives, who were allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province in Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 11, 2012 (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Just another civilian massacre

Jean MacKenzie
After 10 years of tragedies, even the most horrific killings are unlikely to have major consequences in Afghanistan
(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

The Taliban vows revenge

GlobalPost
After a U.S. soldier's alleged shooting rampage, the militant group swears it will retaliate
Presiden Obama gives a speech at the AIPAC conference in Washington on March 4. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Obama’s AIPAC trifecta

Gary Kamiya
He schooled Netanyahu, made the GOP warmongers look like idiots, and weakened the Israel lobby
Afghan National Army soldiers at the Kabul Military Training Center in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

The wrong exit strategy

Ann Jones
Given Afghan history, a large U.S.-trained army would likely promote bloodshed not stability
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Soldier Who Died In Fire To Be Buried At Arlington

Salon Staff
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Army: 285 Madigan Patients Had Diagnoses Reversed

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6 UK Troops Killed In Afghanistan

Salon Staff
Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer (AP/Wikipedia)

Washington’s new antiwar movement

Jordan Michael Smith
Two "realist" scholars lead the resistance to the Israeli campaign to drag the U.S. into another Mideast conflict
A woman in a burka walks through a market in a heavily populated Pashtun neighborhood on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2011 (Erin Trieb/VII/GlobalPost)

The Afghan justice quandary

Jean MacKenzie
The U.S. increasingly backs the power of local councils. Are women's rights being sacrificed in the process?
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Talk Of US Military In Syria Divides Congress

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Talk Of US Military In Syria Divides Congress

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