Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 189)
9/11’s legacy in Afghanistan
Jean MacKenzie
Despite shiny new buildings in Kabul, the nation will face familiar problems as U.S. troops pull out
When the system was “blinking red”
Anthony Summer
In the summer of 2001, the U.S. was listening in on 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed speaking in code
Will Yemen follow in Libya’s footsteps?
Jeb Boone
After the rebel triumph over Gadhafi, Yemeni protesters consider whether they too should turn to violence
The enduring mysteries of 9/11
Justin Elliott
The Truthers are wrong, but the fact remains the government isn't telling us the whole story
Saudi Arabia’s 9/11 legacy
Caryle Murphy
The attacks forced the kingdom to confront how its extremist brand of Islam helped create al-Qaida's ideology
What we should have done after 9/11
Noam Chomsky
In the decade since the attacks, the U.S. consistently played into bin Laden's hands. Was there another way?
Gadhafi’s Hollywood ending
Ken Silverstein
How the government and media transformed the Libyan leader's image from repentant bad boy to evil tyrant
Endless War and the culture of unrestrained power
Glenn Greenwald
The political and media classes appear to have learned no lesson from America's wild overreaction to the attacks
Vietnam War babies: Grown up and low on luck
Patrick Winn
An obscure U.S. visa program once offered great hope for children fathered in Vietnam by GIs
Censored by the CIA
Laura Miller
A 23-year veteran of the agency reveals how the vetting process is used to stifle critics of the war on terror
Why President Gore might have gone into Iraq after 9/11, too
Steve Kornacki
Americans don't think the world would be much different if he'd been president on 9/11 -- and they may be right
The rough magic of “Louie”
Matt Zoller Seitz
In its own quiet way, the brilliant second season of Louis C.K.'s sitcom goes where no show has gone before
A progressive case for Obama’s foreign policy greatness?
Glenn Greenwald
The events in Libya are seized upon by progressives to heap praise on the President's foreign policy leadership
The Libya War argument
Glenn Greenwald
Gadhafi's predictable demise no more resolves concerns about the war than Saddam's fall did about Iraq
Inside the Bush-Obama administration
David Bromwich
A look at the advisers the president has sought and sacked reveals the deep similarities between the two leaders
Who’s behind the New Yorker’s bin Laden exclusive?
Russ Baker
The article's heavy reliance on anonymous sources raises questions about whose story is being told
What Obama really said about unions
Joan Walsh
His comments on public sector workers were more sympathetic than critical, even as he called for "shared sacrifice"
Has our bloated security budget made us safer?
Chris Hellman
We've spent nearly $8 trillion on counterterrorism since 9/11. It's time to assess the results
Don’t buy the “Democrats are powerless” myth
David Sirota
Obama and his party cling to the familiar narrative that their hands are tied. They're wrong
Perry: The military doesn’t respect Obama
Justin Elliott
"I want to make sure that every [soldier] respects highly the president of the United States," he says
Pakistani belief about drones: perceptive or paranoid?
Glenn Greenwald
President Obama's former National Intelligence Director makes the case that drones are counter-productive
The Pentagon’s new China war plan
Stephen Glain
Despite budget woes, the military is preparing for a conflict with our biggest rival -- and we should be worried
Study: CIA drones strikes have killed 168 children
Justin Elliott
The Obama administration says a year of drone strikes in Pakistan killed zero civilians; outside experts disagree
“My faith requires me to support Israel”
Justin Elliott
Rick Perry's Christian Zionist foreign policy
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